What is recorded here
No visible surface trace; pump now in its place. Baltimore Castle (CO150-036002-) lies short distance to NE. According to O'Donoghue (1986, 32), in early 17th century Sir Fineen O'Driscoll is supposed to have thrown fistfuls of silver coins into well to amuse and enrich some English sailors.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO150-036001
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- Andrew Wood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- MrCorman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- nick macneill, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Theorlafitz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ben Rudiak-Gould, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- E.G. Irving, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Jbuck78, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mick Garratt, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Vadim Manuylov, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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