Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Abbey Land, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbey Land
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Barrys Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Marys Well
- Coordinates
- 53.69142, -7.62383
- SMR number
- LF015-061----
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
On rough low-lying ground. Farrell (1891, 284) recorded that this well was known as 'Barry's Well' and was so named after St Berach but the present patron of the area is the Blessed Virgin Mary, and her feast day is celebrated by the local people on the 15th of August. The OS mapping reflects the change of patronage as the well is named 'St. Barry's Well' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and 'St. Mary's Well' on the 1913 ed. Described in 1978 (SMR file) as a small, triangular-shaped, steep-sided, water-filled hollow which was lined with at least one course of large stones. Water flowing from its SE angle fed an adjacent stream. This well is within an area of dense scrub and could not be located.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 7 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Franciscan Third Order Regularunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.