Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Glassely, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glassely
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well
- Coordinates
- 53.02942, -6.86624
- SMR number
- KD032-038----
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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
Near the S end of a narrow N-S valley or glen, some 290m SE of Glassely church (KD-32-037001-) and graveyard (KD-32-037004-). At the foot of a low rock outcrop, large slabs have been cemented together to form a roughly rectangular surround to a natural spring (2m E-W; 0.8m N-S; D of water 0.5m). Two mature ash trees stand to the NE and ESE and beside the latter a low thorn bush has a metal hook in it from which three mugs hang. The surrounding area has been landscaped with plants and shrubs, and a fine statue of St. Patrick stands nearby. (Fitzgerald 1912-14b, 99 - for a photo of well in the early 20th-century; Jackson 1979-80, 155-6)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 31 October 2013
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1912-14, Glassealy and its tenants. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 7, 82-117.
Jackson, P. 1979-80 The holy wells of Co. Kildare. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 16, 133-61.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.