Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cowanstown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cowanstown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Holy Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Holy Well
- Coordinates
- 53.34894, -6.65275
- SMR number
- KD010-013001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 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
According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 11) , 'This ruin (a Church) is called by the people "Lady's Chapel" within two perches of which is a well called "Lady's Well". Lies in a graveyard (KD010-013002-), 2m E of the E gable of the church (KD010-013----). A deep (D 1.95m), circular (diam. 2m) stone-lined well of coursed, well-dressed stones has steps leading down to the water and is enclosed by a modern wall (H 1.15m) with a piered gate and plaque commemorating its restoration which commenced in 1989.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.