Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Powerscourt Demesne, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Powerscourt Demesne
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Molings Well
- Coordinates
- 53.19389, -6.19595
- SMR number
- WI007-016----
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Shown on 5 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 in a wet area at the SE foot of a steep hillock. Circular shaft (dims. 0.85m x 0.8m; D 1.3m) with a lining of small granite stones. There appears to be a stone base to the shaft. A circular cut slab with one flat and one domed face has been wedged into the shaft near the base.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.