Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Killiane, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killiane
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Helens Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Helens Well
- Coordinates
- 52.29159, -6.44718
- SMR number
- WX042-020002-
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 1811 "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. Helen’s Well. It is situated on a level, low-lying landscape c. 500m W of the South Slob of Wexford harbour. John O’Donovan, writing c. 1840 says that the pattern was abolished c. 1810, and even the date was not remembered. It is described locally as a spring that was filled in and piped into the local drainage. It was not venerated. Killiane castle (WX042-020001-) is c. 80m to the NW and the church (WX043-001----) is c. 45m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 28 May, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.