Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Carrignagower West, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrignagower West
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Carthaghs Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Mocolomogs Well
- Coordinates
- 52.16885, -7.92648
- SMR number
- WA021-004----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Marked as 'St Carthag's Well' on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as St. Mocolomog's Well on the 1927 ed. Situated in mixed woodland towards the top of a steep SW-facing slope on the N side of the valley of the E-W Glenakeefe River close to where it meets the N-S Glounagad Stream. This is a natural spring surrounded on three sides by a masonry wall. Visitations were made at Easter until c. 1980.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 February 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Burial ground1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.