Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballyvecane Lower, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyvecane Lower
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.14343, -7.97207
- SMR number
- WA020-025----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the flood-plain of the W-E River Blackwater, on the S bank of the river and c. 50m from the stream. This is a water-filled depression flanked by two whitethorns, but no traditions are attached to it. (Power 1952, 37)
Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 February 2011
References
Power, Rev. P. 1952 (second ed.) The placenames of the Decies. Cork University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Souterrain1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassified1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.