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Ritual site - holy well

Mullaghcloe, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Mullaghcloe, 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
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-

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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

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

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

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