Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Leitrim, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leitrim
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard, Leitrim Well (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.98963, -6.53843
- SMR number
- WI022-011002-
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
Situated on the N edge of Leitrim graveyard (WI022-011004-). The site of a holy well which had a pattern on St James' Day, the 25th of July (OS Name Books). No visible remains.
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
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.