Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballykilmore, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykilmore
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Coordinates
- 53.38384, -7.37927
- SMR number
- WM039-004----
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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
Holy well located S of the village of Tyrrellspass in a small woodland. Known locally as St. Stephen's Well. Tyrrellspass Castle (WM039-001----) located 300m to the NW. Circular pool (diam. 0.9m; D 1m) of water lined with stones and is accessed by a series of four steps leading down to the water. The steps are flanked by a low drystone wall that was recently rebuilt.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 01 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.