Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Oughteragh, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oughteragh
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.06440, -7.80447
- SMR number
- LE025-008004-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Located towards the top of the E-facing slope of a broad drumlin, and N of the graveyard (LE025-008002-). Described in gothic lettering as ‘St. Bridget’s Well’ only on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map, it is one of two dedicated to St Bridget in Oughteragh parish, the other (LE025-009----) being c. 550m to the NNE in Camagh townland. The precise location of this well is not known (Gallogly 1991, 7), although it might be in the laneway leading to the old graveyard where there is now a shrine. It was not involved in the pattern of the 1930s as recorded in the Schools Manuscript Collection from many local schools, but see this web-page accessed on 26/01/2017: http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4658439/4655797
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 July, 2017
References
Gallogly, Rev. D. 1991 Sliabh an Iarainn: History of the Town and Parish of Ballinamore. Author
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.