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Ritual site - holy well

Clonoulty Churchquarter, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Clonoulty Churchquarter, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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