Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kilgarvan, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilgarvan
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Garvans Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Garvans Well
- Coordinates
- 52.34802, -6.69157
- SMR number
- WX036-033----
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 as St, Garvan’s well in gothic script on both. It is situated in the valley of a N-S stream which is c. 10m to the E. It was mentioned by John O’Donovan writing c. 1840, but the date of the pattern was not known (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 38) so the particular St. Garbhán to whom it was dedicated cannot be identified (Ó Riain 2011, 362-4). A shallow triangular area (dims c. 5m x c. 5m) with a leat leading to the stream may be the well, but there is no evidence of veneration.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 8 November, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.