Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Rampere, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rampere
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Bernards Well
- Coordinates
- 52.96952, -6.72628
- SMR number
- WI020-019----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 on level, low-lying swampy ground with higher ground to the N, W and S and a gentle downhill slope to the E; 250m NE of Rampere chapel site (WI020-018----). Strong spring now contained within a concrete shaft. The Patron day was on the 20th of August until the 1930s when it was closed after a faction fight.
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
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.