Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cushinstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cushinstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Coordinates
- 53.49937, -7.14162
- SMR number
- WM027-022----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in the middle of a low-lying field with open field drain leading off the well to the SE. Concrete steps lead down to the well. No visible sign of any votive offerings at the well. Depicted as 'St. Bridgid's Well' on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps.
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 14 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.