Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Southknock, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Southknock
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Brandon Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Brandon Well
- Coordinates
- 52.38577, -6.94739
- SMR number
- WX029-022----
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
Described as ‘Brandon Well’ in gothic script on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated in a quarry or grotto at the bottom of a SW-facing slope. This is a natural spring with a masonry surround (int. dims. 0.57m E-W; 0.45m N-S; H 0.5m) and a single lintel. It overflows into a modern pool (diam. c. 5m) with concrete surrounds and wooden benches. A second spring in the quarry channels into a drinking trough (diam. 0.6m) on the outside of the NW-SE estate wall, now known as Brandon Well. This trough overflows into a large rectangular trough (int. dims. 1.5m by 0.5m) for animals. A limestone plaque (dims. 0.5m x 0.5m) over the troughs says ‘Erected by the NRBC in 1885’. There is no evidence that either well was ever venerated.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Fratres Cruciferiunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.