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Ritual site - holy well

Culleen More, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Culleen More, 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
Culleen More
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
St. Bridgets Well
Latest-edition OS map
St. Bridgets Well
Coordinates
53.54949, -7.35230
SMR number
WM019-035----

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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

Situated in pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as St Bridget’s Well. Kilbride graveyard (WM019-036----) lies c. 35m to E. Monument described in 1976 as a much altered and modernised well retaining water and containing a large circular limestone at the base which has a central perforation (max. diam. 0.65m). Well has been refurbished with pseudo-cross slabs, Stations of the Cross and a Gallarus-style oratory.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 03 April 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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