Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Pass of Kilbride, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pass of Kilbride
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Coordinates
- 53.44657, -7.22652
- SMR number
- WM034-001----
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
On flat poorly drained land with abbey church (WM034-002001-), graveyard (WM034-002003-) to the S and the Moat of Pass (WM034-003----) 140m to the SSE. Disused well consisting of an oval-shaped dried up hollow (dims. 3.8m E-W; 3m N-S; D 0.7-1m) with old U-shaped water channel (top Wth 1.9m; base Wth 0.5m; D 0.3m; L 40m) running out of hollow at N. No evidence of any enclosing element around the well or of any votive offerings.
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 26 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.