Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Chapel (bantry By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Chapel (bantry By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Francis Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St, Francis Well
- Coordinates
- 52.43410, -6.70551
- SMR number
- WX031-002----
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
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as ‘St Francis’s Well. It is located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope and on the E side of a NNE-SSW road. This is the source of a small NW-SE stream that runs off to the SE and joins the W-E Aughnaglaur River c. 600m to the SSE. The well is a circular feature (int. diam. 1.45m) defined by a masonry wall (T 0.45m; ext. H 0.7m on the roadside to 1.75m in the stream). There is a gate at the W side and steps leading down to the water, but there is no evidence of veneration. The church of Chapel parish (WX031-001001-) is c. 470m to the NNE, and moated site (WX031-003----) is c. 60m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.