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Ritual site - holy well

Ballysilla, County Wexford, Ireland

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

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1811 · 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 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

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

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