Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Baunta Commons, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baunta Commons
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberbride
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberbride
- Coordinates
- 52.52970, -7.41218
- SMR number
- KK026-014----
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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)
- 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
The Kilbride River flows roughly E-W c. 15m S of the holy well and the medieval church (KK026-013001-) and graveyard (KK026-013002-) of St Bridget are located c. 16m to the N.
Carrigan (ibid. 320-21) describes a pattern which was held at Kilbride graveyard on St Bridget’s feast day, the 1st of February, till the beginning of the 19th century and which included, 'the pilgrimage and prayers at St. Bridget’s holy well’.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 10 May 2022
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.