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Kilkenny West, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross, Kilkenny West, 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
Kilkenny West
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.49057, -7.81188
SMR number
WM023-024002-

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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

St. Kenny's [St. Canice] holy well (WM023-024---) situated in a roughly-D-shaped grove of trees and bushes on flat poorly drained land with church (WM023-025----) and graveyard (WM023-025001-) 240m to SW. Kilkenny Castle (WM023-023----) 330m to WSW and site of levelled abbey (WM023-026----) belonging to the Fratres Cruciferi / Crouched Friars 260m to SSW. The area around the well is covered in thorn bushes and trees making detailed examination of the site impossible. A large octagonal-shaped limestone baptismal font (WM023-024001-) lies on the ground immediately to the N of well. The hexagonal shaped limestone base of this font lies to the W of the well. A stone cross (H 0.28m x 0.12m x 0.1m) possibly the finial of the medieval church (WM023-025----) or of the abbey (WM023-026---) has been placed into the square shaped socket or mortise (dims. 0.12m x 0.12m x D 0.05m) on the upper surface of the base. Other architectural fragments of various dates have been placed around the perimeter of the holy well forming a series of stations.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 3 July 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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