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Ritual site - holy well

Kiltoom, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Kiltoom, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kiltoom
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Toberawaugh
Latest-edition OS map
Toberawaugh
Coordinates
53.66616, -7.34399
SMR number
WM007-130----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

Possible holy well associated with the site of the Early Christian monastery (WM007-008002-) of Ceall Tóma/Tuama founded by Ninnidh Láimhiodhan of the Ceinéal Laoghaire whose feastday fell on the 13th of November (Masterson 1998, 43-4; Ó Riain 2011, 516). Kiltoom church (WM007-008----), graveyard (WM007-008001-) and possible ecclesiastical enclosure (WM007-008002-) 220m to W. No surface remains visible of possible holy well, marked Toberawaugh on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map.

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 8 august 2017

References

Ó Riain, P. 2011 A dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin. Four Courts Press.

Masterson, R. 1998 Some lesser-known ecclesiastical sites in Fore, Co. Westmeath. Ríocht na Midhe 9, 40-8, 43-4.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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