Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Newtown (shea), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (shea)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Coordinates
- 52.54257, -7.30381
- SMR number
- KK027-014----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
The OS Letters (1839) describe a, ‘well called Tobar Brighde or St. Bridget’s Well, about half a mile east of the Church [KK027-012001-], near Major Butler’s house. It is still held in veneration but not visited for cures or devotion’ (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 59 (20)).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 27 March 2023
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Kilkenny collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Boundary stoneunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.