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Ritual site - holy well

Fairlane (Decies without Drum By., Dungarvan Par.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Fairlane (Decies without Drum By., Dungarvan Par.), County Waterford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Fairlane (Decies without Drum By., Dungarvan Par.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
St. Bridgids Well
Coordinates
52.09210, -7.62854
SMR number
WA031-071----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Depicted as an oval pond (dims. c 20m x c. 12m) on the 1840 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map, but named as 'St Bridgid's Well' only on the 1927 ed. It supplied water to a nearby brewery until it closed in 1990. This is an oval pond (dims. c. 20m E-W; c. 15m N-S) surrounded by a stone wall and incorporating a fountain, but there is no indication that it was ever venerated. (Bradley et al. 1989, 41).

Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works.

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload: 8 November, 2011.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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