Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Adamstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Adamstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberbaun
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberbaun
- Coordinates
- 52.38598, -6.72575
- SMR number
- WX031-058----
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 where it is described in italic lettering as Toberbaun – the White Well, which is probably a mis-representation of Tober Abban. It is known locally as St. Abban’s Well or the bubbling well, and it is situated in a low-lying area with a N-S stream c. 50m to the W and a NE-SW stream c. 80m to the SE. It is a natural spring (diam. c. 1m; D c. 0.4m) with a drystone wall surround, but a wall of concrete blocks dressed with quartz pebbles is built over the drystone walling. The well is open to the E where a small stream runs off to the S. There are two seats nearby and coins in the well, with a tree growing over it. There is no record of a pattern, although an annual Mass is celebrated at the well around the end of August.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.