Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Castle Ellis, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castle Ellis
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Johns Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Johns Well
- Coordinates
- 52.47139, -6.38990
- SMR number
- WX027-013----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in a small NW-SE valley. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern had been held on the 24th June at St. John’s Well but it had been abolished (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 92). This is a spring (dims. 1.6m N-S; 0.75m) with a rectangular masonry canopy of brick and stone (T 0.5m) that is open on the W side. There is no evidence of veneration. The church (WX027-012001-) is c. 200m to the WNW, and the mound (WX027-014----) is c. 30m to the SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 17 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
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.