Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kells, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kells
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberbride
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberbride
- Coordinates
- 52.52149, -7.26752
- SMR number
- KK027-042----
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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
A holy well located c. 365m NNE of St Bridget's Church, Kilree (KK027-044001-). According to the OS Letters (1839), 'It springs from under a remarkable rock situated to the right of the road as you go from Kells to Kilree. Stations were performed and a Pattern was held at this well not many years since on St. Bridget's Day, the 1st of February' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 62 (20)).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 4 April 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
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Round towerunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.