Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Boley (shelburne By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boley (shelburne By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ladys well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ladys Well
- Coordinates
- 52.29838, -6.82965
- SMR number
- WX040-021----
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 as Lady’s Well in gothic lettering on both. It is situated on a gentle E-facing slope, but is not visible at ground level in pasture, and there is no record of veneartion.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
18 February, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.