What is recorded here

Paradise Well still stands on the south edge of a forgotten ring-fort, hidden in wet pasture west of the Galtee Mountains. The earthwork vanished from early maps and reappeared only as a faint scarp, suggesting human hands shaped that boundary before forgetting it. Water, grass and time have done the rest, turning a made place into a rumour that touches the skin when the well is drunk.

In wet pasture to W of Galtee Mountain range and 120m E of the River Aherlow that marks the townland boundary with Ballyfauskeen. Holy Well (LI057-014----) known locally as 'Paradise Well' stands on S edge of earthwork. Not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Partially indicated on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map which where it is shown as a raised area defined by a scarp from SW-W-N-N. The Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map shows Paradise Well (LI057-014----) standing on the S edge of the scarp. Ó Danachair (1955, 208) described the site as following; ‘A small well on the edge of a small ring-fort’. Outline of earthwork delimited by trees is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 11 November 2021

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