Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dalkey
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Begnets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Well (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.27690, -6.10391
- SMR number
- DU023-023013-
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
St. Begnet's Well in the town and parish of Dalkey is situated to the SE of Castle Street in an area occupied by the car park, 180m SSE of St Begnet's church (DU023-023002-) and graveyard (DU023-023020-). The Urban Survey of Dublin recorded that 'the site of this well is pointed out behind the street frontage at the southeast end of Castle Street (Bradley et. al. 1988, 245). Annotated 'St. Begnet's Well' on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map and as 'Well (Site of)' on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. No visible surface trace (Ó Danachair 1958, 84).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 20 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.
Bradley, J. and King, H.A. 1988 Urban archaeological survey - county Dublin (4 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.