Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Bridetree, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bridetree
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Bridetree Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Bridetree Well
- Coordinates
- 53.51435, -6.17386
- SMR number
- DU008-018----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A natural spring well, removed during roadworks prior to 1958 (Ó Danachair 1958, 73; Healy 1975, 20). St Catherine's Well (DU008-017----) lies 110m to the NW. Described by Ó Danachair (1958, 73) as; 'This well was much visited in former times, but was recently destroyed in road widening operations. A pump on the roadside seems to be from the same spring'.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 12 April 2023
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1958 The holy wells of county Dublin. Reportorium Novum 2, 68-87; 2, No. 2 The holy wells of County Dublin: A supplementary list, 233-5.
Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.