Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Castlewarden, County Dublin, Ireland
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----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
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
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.