Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Clonoulty Churchquarter, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonoulty Churchquarter
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Johns Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Johns Well
- Coordinates
- 52.60441, -7.95471
- SMR number
- TS046-049----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a low rise of ground in gently undulating pasture with a medieval church (TS046-048001-) and graveyard (TS046-048004-) c. 100m to the W. The holy well consists of a low semi-circular stone wall (diam. 2.2m; wall T 0.65m; H 0.8m) enclosing a dried-up well with a stream exiting the well at the E. It is described by Murphy (1927, 64-7) as an 'old covered well in a field. It is known as St John's Well and the water is believed to cure diseases of the eyes'.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Murphy, E.W.M. 1927 Prehistoric remains at Clonoulty, Co. Tipperary. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 57, 64-7.
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Knights Templarsunder 1 mi
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.