Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kildarra, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kildarra
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St Bridgets Wells
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Bridgets Wells
- Coordinates
- 53.70653, -8.82940
- SMR number
- MA102-041----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located at the base of a S-facing slope. There is a modern house c. 20m to SW.
Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as ‘St Bridgets Wells’ and on the 1916 edition as ‘St Bridget’s Wells (Site of)’. A circular pool (diam. 0.7m) is enclosed within a modern concrete surround. According to local information, this holy well was the focus of a pattern dedicated to St. Bridget, but it is no longer in use as a holy well. Kildara church (MA102-042001-) and graveyard (MA102-042002-) are located 100m to NE.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 27 September 2022
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.