King Williams Well, County Limerick

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Situated on poorly drained grassland with stream to 55m to SE. Area of scrub and trees visible today on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13. Spring well associated with the 1690 Siege of Limerick and named after King William. Described by Lenihan (1866, 228-9) as following; 'In a field about 50 yards from the high road, and nearly opposite Singland House, on the other side of the road. A stream of pure water runs to the road from the well, and joins another stream from the well of Shesharee, which is some distance off, on another road. King William's well is deep, but covered with a thick coating of leaves and greenish, weedy, deposit, which conceals its waters from the view - at least so it was on the beautiful evening I visited the locality. Tradition says that a large flag or standard lies buried in a field near the well. There are other evidences hereabouts, that it was the site of a camp; and the well is said to have supplied William's troops with water during both sieges'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI005-033

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