Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cornan East, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cornan East
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobernashankill
- Coordinates
- 52.93267, -6.53512
- SMR number
- WI028-005----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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
Situated in the bank of a stream 80m SW of a graveyard (WI028-006001-). A small stream feeds a roughly circular stone-lined basin (diam. 1m; D 1.2m) which overflows into a larger stream. The name means 'the well of the old church' (sean chill).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.