Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Mulrankin, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mulrankin
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Coordinates
- 52.23509, -6.54044
- SMR number
- WX047-030----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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
Situated on a fairly level landscape, with a N-S stream just to the W. It is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described as St. Bridget’s Well in gothic lettering on both, although Grattan Flood (1915, 69) suggests that this well was called after St. Catherine. The well is at the foot of a whitethorn tree, and consists of a subcircular hollow (dims 0.55m x 0.5m; D 0.5m) lined with stones. A large stone (dims 1.05m x 0.6m; T 0.1m) is embedded in the ground nearby, but there is no evidence of veneration. The site of Mulrankin church (WX047-029----) is c. 160m to the N and Mulrankin tower house (WX047-031----) is c. 100m to the SSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload:17 October, 2013
References
Flood, W.H. Grattan 1915 Notes towards a parochial history of the Diocese of Ferns. Waterford. Downey and Co.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.