Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blessington
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberanbrick
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberanbrick
- Coordinates
- 53.17051, -6.52555
- SMR number
- WI005-026----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Now covered by Blessington Reservoir. The name refers to a trout (Tobar an Bhric) which was said to live in the well. According to the OS Name Books invalids drank from the well and left rags on the surrounding bushes.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.