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Ritual site - holy well

Knockroe (Gaultiere By.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Knockroe, 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
Knockroe (Gaultiere By.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
St Annes Well
Latest-edition OS map
St Annes Well
Coordinates
52.23794, -6.97504
SMR number
WA018-009004-

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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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated at the head of a W-E ravine ovelooking Passage East, which is c. 140m to the E, and there is a green road (Wth 8m) running E-W past the well just to its S. It is marked similarly on the 1840 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is a roofed concrete chamber (dims. 0.97m NW-SE; 0.74m NE-SW; H of opening 0.75m) with an entrance passage (Wth 0.56m; L c. 3m) defined by concrete walls (L c. 3m; H 0.55m) approaching from the SW. There is no evidence of veneration. St Anne's Church (WA018-009003-) is c. 90m to the NE.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 08 November 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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