Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Upton (ballaghkeen By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Upton (ballaghkeen By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Holy Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Holy Well
- Coordinates
- 52.52150, -6.27125
- SMR number
- WX022-014----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked on the 1839 and 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described as a holy well on both. It is located towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of a low N-S ridge. This is a natural spring against a N-S field bank and townland boundary, but there is no evidence of, or record of, veneration. The church site (WX022-013001-) is c. 100m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 June, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.