Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Hall, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hall
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.35718, -7.78915
- SMR number
- WM036-042005-
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
Located on flat poorly drained land with ecclesiastical enclosure (WM036-042004-) 290m to E. No surface remains visible of holy well dedicated to St. Patrick which has been filled in, people used to visit this holy well on St. Patrick's Day as well as visiting the nearby bullaun stone known locally as St. Patrick's Knee Stone (WM036-042003-).
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 08 August 2014
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.