Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Rathumney, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathumney
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Margarets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Margarets Well
- Coordinates
- 52.29622, -6.87570
- SMR number
- WX040-015----
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 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as St. Margaret’s Well, with the additional information 'Site of' on the latter. It is situated at the bottom of a slight W-facing slope and on the N side of a NE-SW lane. The name is recorded by John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 who says that it had not been visited by pilgrims since c. 1820 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 360). A land-drain has its source at this point. The site of Rathumney church (WX040-029001-) is c. 480m to the SE.
Compiled by: Micahel Moore
Date of upload: 21 February, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - hall-houseunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.