Christian Sites

In wooded glen on E bank of stream. Lined and roofed with rough sandstone slabs (H 0.8m; Wth 0.8m; E 0.4m); front faced with cut limestone to resemble church door; small hole (diam. 0.04m) above entrance. Four inscribed crosses visible above door. Accord Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In a grassy verge, on the W side of the Frenchpark-Boyle road and adjacent to the E side of a field boundary. The well, which is slightly sunken below the road level, is enclosed in a dilapidated concrete structure (int. dims. 1.1m E-W; 1.05m N-S). The e Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

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Spring well now contained within modern concrete pump house may mark the location of one of three holy wells recorded by Colgan in the 17th century. St. Brigid’s holy well (WM024-054002-), St. Brigid’s Church (WM024-054001-) and a building (WM024-05 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Spring well now contained within modern concrete pump house may mark the location of one of three holy wells recorded by Colgan in the 17th century. St. Brigid’s holy well (WM024-054002-), St. Brigid’s Church (WM024-054001-) and a building (WM024-05 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

According to local information, during a recent retail development a holy well was covered over. There are no visible remains of the well but a lane to the S of it is named ‘Well Lane South’.Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Arc Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

High Cross located in Meath.

There is a small pyramidal cross-base (dims 0.6m x 0.6m; H 0.5m) of sandstone with edge mouldings on the top within Killary church (ME012-020—-). 115057,MO00128,HICR,MO008-011003-,MONAGHAN,SELLOO,R171247,656938,833794,54.249817579999998,-7.126315690000000,Cross – High cross,Not indicatd,Not idicated,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO008-011003-,Portion of the decorated shaft of sandstone high cross (H 0.2m; Wth 0.18m; T 0.1m) was discovered in a drain across the children’s burial ground at […]

In level pasture near the W foot of a low spur. A possible Early Ecclesiastical site (KD024-003005-) lies c. 350m to the W. According to Jackson (1979-80, 155), a Pattern is held here on March 17th and the water is believed to cure pains and sore eyes. A Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

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In pasture, c. 35m S of early ecclesiastical enclosure (13881). No visible surface trace of well which according to local information, was filled in during reclamation in 1984. Bowman (1934, 43) noted that ‘no resident knew that this was a holy well unti Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope overlooking a stream to the NE. An unenclosed spring; according to the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1928, 50-51) a pattern was formerly held here. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Invento Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer