Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Brackagh, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brackagh
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lady Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lady Well
- Coordinates
- 53.40687, -7.03913
- SMR number
- KD002-002----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (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
According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 34), '… there is a well called Lady Well, at which stations were performed on Lady-Day in Harvest', and Jackson (1979-80, 145) says a pattern was held here in August. At the W foot of a low hill, with a second holy well (KD002-003----) c. 500m to the SSW. The well is contained in a circular (int. diam. 1.5m), semi-subterranean, stone-built well-house (H 2.4m) which has a flat, concrete roof. A plain lintelled doorway (Wth 0.8m; H 1.3m) and steps at W give access. The well was dry on the day of the visit.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.