Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graiguenamanagh
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ladys Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54119, -6.95668
- SMR number
- KK029-018007-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a hill slope, on the W side of a millrace where it joins the Douske River, N of Mill Road (formerly the northern High Street), and to the rear of Cushendale Mills. The well is much silted up, though there is still a flow of water from it into the adjacent millrace (Farrelly et al. 1993, vol. 1, 156). The spring is just visible under a stone lintel (L 1.2m; T 0.23m) and is delineated by a low semi-circular wall (H c. 0.6m; Wth 0.2m) of stone and concrete (ibid.).
See attached photograph:
KK029-018007-_01
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 16 March 2022
References
Farrelly, J., O'Reilly, B., and Loughran, A. 1993 Urban archaeological survey - county Kilkenny (2 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Clapper bridgeunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.