Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Adamstown (middlethird By., Kilmeadan Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Adamstown (middlethird By., Kilmeadan Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Martins Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Martins Well
- Coordinates
- 52.22798, -7.23735
- SMR number
- WA016-035----
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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 towards the bottom of a W-facing slope. This is a holy well which traditionally had a cure for headaches. A carved stone was incorporated into its surrounding stonework (Power 1952, 388), but it can no longer be found. The well is not visible at ground level. Church (WA016-037----) is c. 270m to the ENE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008
References
Power, P. 1952 The placenames of the Decies (second ed.). Cork University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Boundary stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.