Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kayle, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kayle
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ladys Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ladys Well (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.30948, -6.82255
- SMR number
- WX040-018----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked on the 1839 and the 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lady’s Well in gothic lettering on both, with the addition of 'Site of' on the later map. John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 says it was then concealed in shrubbery (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 357). It is situated in a fold on a gentle W-facing slope in the valley of the N-S Owenduff River, with the stream c. 70m to the W. It is not visible in reclaimed pasture.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 19 February, 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.