Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Killurin, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killurin
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Laurences Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Laurences Well
- Coordinates
- 52.37775, -6.57483
- SMR number
- WX037-003----
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 1941 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. Laurence’s Well in gothic script on both. The St. Laurence invoked is probably a late dedication to St. Laurence (Lorcán) O’Toole of Dublin (Ó Riain 2011, 403-05). The well is located in the ravine of s small N-S stream that joins the W-E Ballyvoleen River c. 60m to the S. This is a circular rock-pool (diam. 0.8m; D 0.8m) on the W side of the ravine and c. 1m over its base. There is no evidence of veneration, apart from the presence nearby of the base of an ornamental pillar (diam. of base 0.34m; diam. of pillar 0.17m; H 0.25m). (Mac Eochaidh 1970, 71-1)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 December, 2012
References
Mac Eochaidh, M. 1970 An inquisition of James 1: dated 24 march 1618. The Past, No. 8, 68-74.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.