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Ritual site - holy well

Glascarrig South, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Glascarrig South, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Glascarrig South
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Ladys Well or Tobermurry
Latest-edition OS map
Tobermurry
Coordinates
52.58068, -6.20862
SMR number
WX017-009----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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 a small hollow on a gentle E-facing slope and c. 40m S of a W-E road that leads to the seashore c. 350m to the E. The well is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, but according to John O'Donovan writing c. 1840, it had not been venerated for c. 40 years (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 65). It is now a rectangular well (dims. 3m x 2.5m) defined by a concrete wall. There is no evidence of veneration. Glascarrig priory (WX017-010001-) is c. 150m to the N.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 21 May, 2012

References

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1933 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of County Wexford, collected during progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Typescript in 2 vols. Bray.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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