Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Crumlin, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crumlin
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Dermots Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Dermots Well
- Coordinates
- 53.63754, -7.54937
- SMR number
- WM005-007----
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
Possible ecclesiastical enclosure (WM005-008002-) immediately to NE, Rathaspic church (WM005-008----) and graveyard (WM005-008001-) 200m to ENE, Rathaspic Castle (WM005-009----) 250m E. In the late 1930s the following folklore about St. Dermot's Well was recorded; 'There is another well in Rathaspic called St Dermot's well. There is a slab beside the well and written on it is St Dermots. There are certain cures in it' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 222). Spring well venerated as 'St. Dermot's Well' located beside public road with modern prayer shelter built beside stream flowing out of S side of well.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 December 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.