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Ritual site - holy well

Kilcavan (Retrenched), County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Kilcavan (Retrenched), County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilcavan (Retrenched)
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
St. Cavans Well
Latest-edition OS map
St. Cavans Well (Site of)
Coordinates
52.25648, -6.71369
SMR number
WX046-003----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in the broad valley of a small S-N stream that is c. 100m to the W, and just on the W side of the embankment of the NNW-SSE Waterford to Rosslare railway line. The well is dedicated to Saint Caomhán Santleathan of Ardcavan (WX038-006001-), and according to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern was held on June 12th, the saint’s feastday (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 87). The well is a small D-shaped depression (dims c. 1m x c. 0.5m; D 0.2m) lined by white-painted stones on the NE side and approached by two steps from the NW. The well is within a rectangular enclosure (ext. dims 5.2m NE-SW; 6.6m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 0.5m; H 0.5m) and hedge at SW and SE and a drystone wall on the other sides, with a gate at NW leading directly to the steps of the well. The well is maintained and there is a statue of a mitred bishop within the enclosure, but there are no offerings.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 20 August, 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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