Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballybrazil, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybrazil
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Coordinates
- 52.31025, -6.93731
- SMR number
- WX039-012----
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
Located in a slight E-W valley at the S foothills of Slievecoiltia Hill, and just on the N side of a small NE-SW stream. A well is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. Bridget’s Well in gothic lettering on both. This is a slight sunken area (dims c. 5m x c. 4m), but there is no record of veneration, or any evidence of it. There is a church (WX039-009001-) c. 580m to the NW and the parish church of Ballybrazil (WX039-023001-) is c. 430m to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 January, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.