Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Askinvillar Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Askinvillar Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of St. Dorans Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Dorans Well (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.55211, -6.75940
- SMR number
- WX018-001003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 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
Located on a gentle E-facing slope at the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains. This is an early ecclesiastical site, although the saint is unknown. The name may derive from 'dúr - dobhar' (water) Ó Riain 2011, 270). St. Doran's well is marked by a yew tree on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and there was also a bullaun stone or font at the well (Ua Dubhghaill 1925, 95). The well is not visible now at ground level. The church site (WX018-001001-) is c. 50m to the SSE within the graveyard (WX018-001002-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 22 May, 2012
References
Ua Dubhghaill, S. 1925 List of ancient churches, graveyards, castles, wells, etc. The Past, vol. 3, 86-99.
Ó Riain, P. 2011 A dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin. Four Courts Press.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.