Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Burnchurch, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Burnchurch
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK023-101----
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The National Monuments Service's description
While referring to ‘Saint Dallan’s well’ (KK023-053003- original location / KK023-054---- present location), O’Kelly (1969, 175) mentions, ‘there is also a Lady’s Well in the same field’. This suggests a possible holy well dedicated to Our Lady. There is no other well indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map or on the 1947 revision in the fields where St Dallan’s Well is indicated. The precise location of this possible holy well is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 8 September 2021
References
O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.