Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Well
Misterin, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Misterin
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Coolbeg Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Coolbeg Well
- Coordinates
- 52.38621, -6.76099
- SMR number
- WX030-101----
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 at the bottom of a slight NW-facing slope, at the junction with a level landscape. The well is marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described in italic lettering on both as Coolbeg Well – the well of the little wood (?), Coill. It might also derive from Tobar na Cúlóige - the well of An Chúlóg (recess) (pers. comm. C. Ó Crualaoich). It had been lost for many years but was re-discovered by the owner and is now a place of spiritual healing. It is a natural spring (dims. c. 5m NW-SE; c. 1.5m NE-SW), now lined with stones and crossed by a wooden bridge. It is the source of a small stream that runs NW to a NE-SW stream c. 120m distant.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 October, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.