Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Fairlane (decies Without Drum By., Dungarvan Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
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----
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
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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works.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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stone (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.