Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Well
Templeshannon, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Templeshannon
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.50305, -6.56518
- SMR number
- WX020-031007-
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 the flood-plain of the NW-SE River Slaney at Enniscorthy, with the river c. 100m to the SW. Archaeological testing (97E0202) recorded a stone-lined well (diam. 0.92m) to a depth of c. 18m. The date of construction is not certain but it has been preserved in situ beneath a modern structure. St. Senan's church (WX020-031001-) is c. 140m to the N. (Henry 1998)
Compilded by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 May, 2012
References
Henry, M. 1998 26-29 Templeshannon, Enniscorthy. Urban medieval/post-medieval. in I. Bennett, Excavations 1997. Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 192, No. 599. Wordwell. Bray
Nearby in the register
- Tanneryunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.