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Ritual site - holy well

Kilmoyemoge East, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Kilmoyemoge East, County Waterford, 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
Kilmoyemoge East
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Tobernanangel
Latest-edition OS map
Tobar na n-Aingeal
Coordinates
52.24235, -7.29389
SMR number
WA016-007----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Marked similarly on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and described by John O'Donovan c. 1840 as a holy well (O'Flanagan, 1929, 26). It is situated about the mid-point of a steep S-facing slope. This is a rectangular masonry structure (L 1.85m; Wth 1.05m; H 1.35m) with a limestone plaque bearing the inscription 'AK 1846' on the front of the canopy. AK was Andrew Kirwan, who presumably built the structure. The well water flows immediately S into a large six-sided pool (dims. c. 15m N-S; c. 10m E-W) defined by low masonry walls. The pool is circumvented by a public road N-S, but there is no evidence of veneration.

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload/revision: 20th December, 2010.

Nearby in the register

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

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