Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Barmoney, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barmoney
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church Well
- Coordinates
- 52.38685, -6.65156
- SMR number
- WX031-038003-
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 italic lettering as ‘Church Well’ on both. It is situated on a NE-facing slope of a NE-SW ridge c. 30m ESE of the graveyard (WX031-038002-). This is a circular well (diam. 1m) with a collapsed drystone wall but no evidence of veneration.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload 27 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.