Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Dunbur Head, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunbur Head
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Brides Well
- Coordinates
- 52.97206, -6.01061
- SMR number
- WI025-016----
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 in a low cliff overlooking the sea-cliff to the E. Described in OS Name Books as a natural spring just above the high water mark. Now dried up; there is no surviving local tradition. According to Lynch (1994, 638) this well was described in the Ordnance Survey Letters of 1838-40 as Bride's Well.
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: 17 December 2012
References
Lynch, G. 1994 The holy wells of county Wicklow: traditions and legends. In K. Hannigan and W. Nolan (eds), Wicklow history and society, 625-48. Dublin. Geography Publications.
Nearby in the register
- Rock shelterunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Caveunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.