Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballysilla, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballysilla
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberakilleen
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberakilleen
- Coordinates
- 52.42565, -6.47325
- SMR number
- WX032-008----
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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 1811 "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 as Toberakilleen – the well of the childrens’ burial ground. It is situated in a hollow (diam. c. 8m; max. D 1.8m at S) on a N-facing slope with an E-W stream c. 150m to the N. It is within a triangular copse (dims. c. 50m N-S; c. 35m E-W) of mature trees on the W side of a N-S public road. The well is rectangular (dims. 0.95m N-S; 0.8m E-W) and defined by masonry walls (H 0.6m) with two stone lintels on top. It is open on the N side where a small stream is spanned by a single stone (Wth 0.5m) just outside the well. There is a large tree growing over it, but there is no evidence of veneration and there is no record of veneration.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.