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Ritual site - holy well

Brabstown (Crannagh By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Brabstown, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Brabstown (Crannagh By.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
St. Margarets Well
Latest-edition OS map
St. Margarets Well
Coordinates
52.65828, -7.39808
SMR number
KK018-038001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This holy well is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map. According to Hogan (1860-1, 358) it, 'gushes from under an aged ash'. A pattern was formerly held there on the 15th of August (Carrigan 1905, vol. 3, 497).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 6 July 2020

References

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.

Hogan, J. 1860-61 Topographical and historical illustrations of the suburbs of Kilkenny. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland 6, 335-87.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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