Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Sarsfieldstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sarsfieldstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobermíonad
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobermíonad
- Coordinates
- 53.51283, -7.16136
- SMR number
- WM020-122----
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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
Situated in low-lying, poorly drained pasture. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map and annotated ‘Tobermíonad’. Monument described in 1970-2 as a small well enclosed by a large rock and a ruined masonry wall. It is one of two natural springs in the limestone that feed into a stream running S. It is known locally as St Meenan’s Well. The following folklore about this holy well was recorded from Rathwire National School; 'In ancient Glon there was a well in C Connor's field called St. Meenan's well where there was a pattern held on the first Sunday of August' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 355).
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 09 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.