Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballygarvan, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygarvan
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ladys Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ladys Well
- Coordinates
- 52.31536, -6.83739
- SMR number
- WX040-006----
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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 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering as Lady’s Well on both. It is located at the bottom of an E-facing slope, cut into a natural scarp (Wth 5m; H 2.5m) with the N-S Owenduff stream c. 70m to the E. The well is a circular feature (diam. c. 2.7m) with drystone walling (H 1.4m) retaining the scarp. Water seeps into the wooded valley, but there is no record of veneration, or any evidence of it. Archaeological monitoring (15E0412) of a gas pipeline c. 30m to the N in Area 8 produced no related material (Sutton 2018; excavations.ie 2015:422).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 February, 2013
Amended: 19 October 2020
References
Sutton, B. 2018 Archaeological monitoring along the Wexford feeder main. Areas 1-13. Licence No. 15E0412. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.