Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Killann, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killann
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Annes Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Annes Well (Covered)
- Coordinates
- 52.52053, -6.74975
- SMR number
- WX018-011----
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 S-facing slppe in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains with a N-S stream c. 35m to the W. According to John O'Donovan writing c. 1840 a pattern was performed at the well on 26th July until c. 1824 (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 102). The well is a drystone walled feature (dims. c. 1m x c. 1.5m) now covered by a wooden shrine structure that contains numerous statues. The well is within a concrete enclosure (dims. c. 3m x c. 2m) defined by a concrete wall. The church (WX018-012001-) and graveyard (WX018-012002-) are c. 160m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 22 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.
Butler, Rev. A. 1883 Lives of the Saints. J. S. Virtue London and Dublin, Reprint (1990) London. Studio Editions (Abridged)
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.