Christian Sites

Ó Danachair (1955, 204) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘St Munchin’s Well on 1889 25-inch O.S map. In Bruree village, behind the old village pump. No devotions now, but rounds were made within living memory. The water cured bad sto Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On E-facing slope of a slight rise. A spring well contained within an unroofed circular drystone chamber (D c. 2.25m) with a narrow entrance (Wth 0.3m) at N. Some collapse has occurred along E. Traditionally used as a penitential station. The above desc Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Some 7m SE of Teampall na Ceathrair Álainn (GA110-086001-). Known locally as Bullán na Ceathrair Álainn, it consists of a natural basin in the rock delimited by a drystone wall, oval in plan (0.85m by 0.45m), opening towards N. Numerous modern offerin Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On partially reclaimed low-lying pasture, to the S of a stream. The name ‘Ardneeve’ is a corruption of the Irish ‘Ard Naomh’ or ‘Chief Saint’, a title usually reserved for St Patrick (ITA Survey 1944). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded that the well c Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

At the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope with a small stream c. 30m to the W. An oval cairn (dims 9m NW-SE; 5.5m NE-SW; H 1m) has a small rectangular drystone well (dims 0.4m x 0.3m; D 0.25m) on the W side, which is still venerated. and a modern shrine. Monument Type: Ritual site […]

The following description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated at the SW end of a modern graveyard, formerly located at Burgage More church and graveyard (WI005-070001- and WI005-070005-). (1) An imperforate ringed granite cross (H c. 4.3m) with unusually long arms and a small boss in the centre of both faces. Said by O’Donovan (O’Flanagan 1928, 246-7) to be dedicated to either St […]

The original location of ‘St Mark’s Cross’ – see WI005-047001- for its present location. 152050,WI00200,HICR,WI005-070007-,WICKLOW,BURGAGE MORE,R147837,697589,712443,53.153539750000000,-6.540937880000000,Cross – High cross,,,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWI005-070007-,The original location of this high cross – see WI005-047002- for its present location. Monument Type: Cross – High cross View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated to the W of Burgage More castle (WI005-070004-). Described in the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1928, 105) as a spring well at the foot of St Mark’s Cross (WI005-047001-) dedicated to St Mark or St Baoithin. It could not be located and is probably near Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Modernised; now consists of rectangular pit, lined with concrete and filled with water flowing from it. Surrounded by wall, access through gate.The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West C Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Indicated on the 1947 revision OS 6-inch map as ‘St. Dallan’s Well’, this is the present location of the holy well which was originally c. 40m to the S (see KK023-053003-). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 376), ‘the well was removed to its present p Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

While referring to ‘Saint Dallan’s well’ (KK023-053003- original location / KK023-054—- present location), O’Kelly (1969, 175) mentions, ‘there is also a Lady’s Well in the same field’. This suggests a possible holy well dedicated to Our Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer