Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Newtown Great, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown Great
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Brides Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Brides Well
- Coordinates
- 53.18015, -6.59143
- SMR number
- KD024-035----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the N-foot of an E-W esker. In 1837, according to the OSL (Herity 2002, 56 [165]), the well, ‘… was formerly frequented as a holy well.’ A natural spring (D 0.2m) is enclosed by a D-shaped mortared stone wall (int. diam. 1.3m E-W) with a straight N side (int. L 0.6m). The wall (H 1m; T 0.7m) has a gap at N (Wth 0.6m) and carries a small statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at S. A small rectangular mortared stone altar ( L 1.4m N-S; Wth 0.8m; H 0.85m) stands 0.6m to the NNE. (Jackson 1979-80, 153)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 05 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.