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Ritual site - holy well

Castlewarden, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Castlewarden, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Castlewarden
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Wards Well
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.27941, -6.53034
SMR number
DU020-007----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Annotated 'Ward's Well' (not in Gothic) on the 1837 edition of the OSi 6-inch map where it is shown standing in the townland of Castlewarden, in the parish of Newcastle. This well is covered and the water pumped away for domestic use. It was formerly a station well which was considered blessed (OSNB). It is no longer venerated (Ó Danachair 1958, 82).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 19 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.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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