Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Clonroche, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonroche
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberpatrick
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberpatrick
- Coordinates
- 52.45574, -6.71836
- SMR number
- WX025-018----
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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
Described as ‘Toberpatrick’ in gothic script on the 1839 and 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 rounds were performed at the well until c. 1820 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 46). It is located in a shallow basin with a small SW-NE stream c. 15m to the N. It is described in the 1940s as a natural spring with a bush nearby with no sign of any arteficial construction or of veneration (SMR file). It is not visible now in reclaimed pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 July, 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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.