What is recorded here

Castle Well sits immediately NW of Mashanaglass castle in County Cork, Ireland. The well is now covered over and used as a pump house. People may have drawn water from it for generations before the castle fell quiet. Even buried, it still gives water to the living.

A well, immediately to the NW of Mashanaglass castle (CO071-096002-), named 'Castle Well' on the 1938 OS 6-inch map. It is now covered over and used as pump house. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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