Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Saunderscourt, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Saunderscourt
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well
- Coordinates
- 52.36743, -6.49729
- SMR number
- WX037-018----
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 1811 "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 in gothic lettering as ‘St.Patrick’s Well’ on both. It is located in a slight fold on a SE-facing slope overlooking the NW shore of the inner Wexford Harbour. This is a circular well (diam. 1.15-1.2m; D 0.7m) defined by drystone walling and approached by a passage (L 0.75m; Wth 0.6m) and steps from the N. There is no evidence of veneration and John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 recorded the name but said that it was not regarded as holy (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 349). (Frayne 1974-5, 56)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 December, 2012
References
Frayne, J. G. 1974-5 Saunderscourt. Journal of the Wexford Historical Society, vol. 5, 50-56.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross - Churchyard crossunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.