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Ritual site - holy well

Kilmacomb, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Kilmacomb, 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
Kilmacomb
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
St. John the Baptists Well
Latest-edition OS map
Holy Well
Coordinates
52.18337, -7.01635
SMR number
WA027-006004-

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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

Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. The holy well of St John the Baptist, a natural spring, is c. 50m to the NW of the parish church of Kilmacomb (WA027-006001-). J. O'Donovan, writing c. 1840 (O'Flanagan 1929, 7-8), thought that it was dedicated to St. John the Baptist, but Power (1890-91) thought that it was dedicated to St. Mathew as the pattern was held on the 21st September.

O'Flanagan, M. (Compiler) (1929) Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Waterford collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841. Typescript. Bray.
Power, Rev. P. (1890-91) The ancient ruined churches of Co. Warterford. JRSAI 20-21, 475-82.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload/revision: 31 May 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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