Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Knocknahoola, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknahoola
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St Michaels Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Michaels Well
- Coordinates
- 52.04946, -7.70058
- SMR number
- WA035-006----
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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)
- 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a high plateau with a slight S-facing slope. It is described as St. Michael's Well on the 1840 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map, but there is no evidence of, or record of, veneration. It does not survive in a coniferous forest.
Date of upload: 6th October, 2011
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Nearby in the register
- Mine1 mi
- Enclosure2 mi
- Church2 mi
- Bullaun stone2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.