Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Trimmer, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Trimmer
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Well
- Coordinates
- 52.24351, -6.43036
- SMR number
- WX048-007----
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
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1811 · 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
A well is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch and described in gothic lettering on both as St. Bridget’s Well. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 there was no memory of a pattern (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 275). It is situated on a level, low-lying landscape with a small S-N stream c. 15m to the W. There is no visible remains at ground level in a cereal crop. The site of S. Bridget's church (WX048-008----) is c. 120m to the SSE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 January, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.