Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Boley (talbotstown Upper By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boley (talbotstown Upper By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.94138, -6.66048
- SMR number
- WI027-028----
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 about 400m SSE of Coolinarrig graveyard (WI027-027003-). The well has been diverted into a field drain, now marked by an alder tree. According to the OS Name Books the pattern had ceased around 1790.
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.