Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy tree/bush
Derrybawn, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrybawn
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.00904, -6.32264
- SMR number
- WI023-016001-
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Standing over St Kevin's Holy Well (WI023-016----). A flamboyantly decorated tree carrying multicoloured rags, soft-drink tins and bottles, airline boarding card stubs, supermarket recripts and, at least one article of ladies underclothing.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 12 October 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Cross - Market cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Inscribed slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.