Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Mullaghcloe, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullaghcloe
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Sunday Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sunday Well
- Coordinates
- 53.49732, -7.65787
- SMR number
- WM024-008002-
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
Described 'There is a well, called 'Sunday Well on the OS 6-inch map to the NE of the altar (WM024-008001-) about 5 meters distant. It comprises a structure built of large stones, roughly mortared and forming a covering over a font, about 11cm in diam., circular and filled with water. The font is about 12cm in depth. A number of whitethorn trees and bushes grow in the vicinity of the well and altar. There is a pilgrimage to the well with mass on the 15th of August. The water from the well is said to contain a cure for bad veins. There are no signs of veneration in the form of relics around the site at present.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 11 November 2009
Nearby in the register
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.