Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Wilkinstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Wilkinstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lady Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lady Well
- Coordinates
- 52.36181, -6.63835
- SMR number
- WX036-019----
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 1924 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering as ‘Lady Well’ on both. It is located in a small NW-SE valley close to the headwaters of a small stream that is c. 1m to the S. It is a rock-cut pond (diam. c. 2.5m), now overgrown, at the foot of a cliff (H c. 3m) which rises over it to the NE. There is no evidence of veneration. Ringfort (WX036-020----) is c. 60m to the NE and Whitechurch church (WX036-021001-) is c. 270m to the NNE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 November, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.