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Well

Misterin, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Well, Misterin, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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