Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Lady'S Island, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lady'S Island
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20786, -6.38363
- SMR number
- WX053-013003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
This well is not marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and is not mentioned by John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933), so it may be a modern feature created for the pilgrimage. The well is cut into the natural scarp (H c. 1m), which is now stone-clad at this point, forming the W side of Lady's Island. The stone-lined well is rectangular (dims 0.6m x 0.7m) with a lintel (L 0.8m; T 0.1m) across the opening (H over the water 0.25m). On top of the lintel is a trough (ext. dims 0.5m x 0.42m; int. dims 0.4m x 0.35m; D 0.1m) made of coarse cement. The trough is set on its side with offerings placed in it. The burnt mound (WX053-061----) was found in the vicinity of the well.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 March, 2014
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1933 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of County Wexford, collected during progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Typescript in 2 vols. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Gatehouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.