Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballygow (shelburne By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygow (shelburne By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Marys Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Marys Well (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.20872, -6.86645
- SMR number
- WX050-001----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity 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
Located towards the top of an E-facing slope. A well is marked on the 1839 and 1925 Eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. Mary’s Well in gothic lettering on both. A slight depression is evident in a pasture field.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 February, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.