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The National Monuments Service's description

St. Kenny's [St. Canice] holy well (WM023-024---) situated in a roughly-D-shaped grove of trees and bushes on flat poorly drained land with church (WM023-025----) and graveyard (WM023-025001-) 240m to SW. Kilkenny Castle (WM023-023----) 330m to WSW and site of levelled abbey (WM023-026----) belonging to the Fratres Cruciferi / Crouched Friars 260m to SSW. The area around the well is covered in thorn bushes and trees making detailed examination of the site impossible. A large octagonal-shaped limestone baptismal font (WM023-024001-) lies on the ground immediately to the N of well. The hexagonal shaped limestone base of this font lies to the W of the well. A stone cross (H 0.28m x 0.12m x 0.1m) possibly the finial of the medieval church (WM023-025----) or of the abbey (WM023-026---) has been placed into the square shaped socket or mortise (dims. 0.12m x 0.12m x D 0.05m) on the upper surface of the base. Other architectural fragments of various dates have been placed around the perimeter of the holy well forming a series of stations.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 3 July 2015