Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Tincurra, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tincurra
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Trinity Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Trinity Well
- Coordinates
- 52.29413, -6.60487
- SMR number
- WX041-026004-
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 Trinity Well in gothic lettering on both. It is situated in the valley of a NE-SW stream, which is c. 10m to the S, and the graveyard (WX041-026002-) of Tincurra church (WX041-026001-) is c. 20m to the W. This is a rectangular well (dims 1.05m x 0.7m) with a masonry canopy (H 0.95m) opening (H 0.7m) to the SE that is built into the slope. There is no evidence of, or record of, veneration.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 March, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Road - hollow-wayunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.