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Ritual site - holy well

Chapel (Bantry By.), County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Chapel, 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
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----

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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

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

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

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