Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Calgath, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Calgath
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Brides Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Brides Well
- Coordinates
- 53.42515, -6.65754
- SMR number
- ME049-014001-
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
Situated on a rise of a gentle S-facing slope at the centre of the mound (ME049-014----). The well is known as St Bride’s Well and it was revered in the 19th century when it was described as having a diameter of 12 feet (c. 3.75m) (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 361). It was a small natural spring (diam. c. 1m) at the base of the stump of an ash tree in 1969 (SMR file) but is has been conserved in 2000 and is now a stone-lined well (diam. 0.85m; max. D 1.75m) with water approached by a path and steps from the N while the mound is less prominent. The well is surrounded by a paved path (Wth c. 1.5m) and within an enclosure (diam c. 5m) defined by a hedge and a picket fence, and there are two young trees outside the enclosure, one with rags. (French 2012, 33-4)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 September, 2015
References
Cogan, Rev. A. 1862-70 Ecclesiastical history of the diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. (3 vols) Dublin: John Fowler, Joseph Dollard
French, N. 2012 Meath Holy Wells. Meath Heritage Centre
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.