Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Coolstuff, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolstuff
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ladys Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ladys Well
- Coordinates
- 52.32312, -6.60686
- SMR number
- WX041-011----
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 on both. It is situated on an E and NE-facing slope with the headwaters of a SW-NE stream c. 80m to the SE. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern was held on the 15th August, the Feast of the Assumption, every year (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 363). There is no visible evidence of the well in a pasture field. The church (WX041-010001-) is c. 60m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 19 March, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.