Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Gortins, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortins
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Margarets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Margarets Well
- Coordinates
- 52.25000, -6.66011
- SMR number
- WX046-019----
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 St. Margaret’s Well in gothic lettering on both. It is situated in the valley of a N-S stream, which is c. 15m to the N and W. The name is known locally, but there is no knowledge of the well. This is a marshy area but there is no visible evidence of a well structure.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 19 August, 2103
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.