Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kilnamanagh More, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilnamanagh More
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94758, -6.14079
- SMR number
- WI030-044----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Possible holy well described by Ronan (1928, 150) as at ‘Kilmanoge (properly, Kill-na-mban-og), i.e., the Church of the Virgins (WI030-035----) is completely erased. And so also is the burying ground. But the triangular enclosure, about 60 yds. each side, with old thorns and elders, has been always held in veneration and has never been cultivated. There is a neglected well near the N.E. angle, and the upper stone of a small broken quern lies near’. A well indicated on the OS 25-inch map appears to be the neglected well mentioned by Ronan.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 21 January 2013
References
Ronan, Rev. M.V. 1928 The ancient churches of the deanery of Wicklow. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 58, 132-55.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.