Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Woodhouse Or Tinakilly, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woodhouse Or Tinakilly
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Woodhouse Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobar Cináin Dáibhidh
- Coordinates
- 52.07426, -7.79779
- SMR number
- WA030-053----
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
Located on the N bank of an E-W stream in a slight E-W valley. This is a natural spring which rises into a pool and overflows into the stream to the S. A modern statue of a saint and an iron cross on a concrete plinth are visible. It is still venerated, particularly on March 1st.
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.
Date of upload/revision: 11th August, 2011. Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.