Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kilscanlan, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilscanlan
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobernafinoge
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobernafinoge
- Coordinates
- 52.36662, -6.83681
- SMR number
- WX035-020----
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 gothic lettering as Tobernafinoge – Tobar fuinseoige?, the well of the ash tree - on both. It is situated in the shallow valley of a small NW-SE stream c. 5m from its SW bank. It is not evident in reclaimed pasture, and there is no record of veneration.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 15 October, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.