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St. Martin’s Well
Within a heavily waterlogged hollow. This spring well is unenclosed. According to local information, patterns were held here up until the beginning of the 20th century. Compiled by: Patrick F. O’Donovan Date of upload: 7 June 2013 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
St. Martin’s Well
Situated towards the bottom of a W-facing slope. This is a holy well which traditionally had a cure for headaches. A carved stone was incorporated into its surrounding stonework (Power 1952, 388), but it can no longer be found. The well is not visible at Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]
St. Martin’s Well
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as St. Martin’s Well. It is located c. 15m from the E bank of a small N-S stream on a level, low-lying landscape and c. 100m NE of the site of Rathmacknee ch Monument Type: Ritual […]
St. Martin’s Well
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. Martin’s Well in gothic lettering on both. It is situated on a slight W-facing slope with a N-S stream c. 70m to the W and an E-W road c. 20m to the N. This is a rectangular stone- Monument […]
St. Martin’s Well
Situated in pasture on a fairly level landscape. This is a slight, water-filled hollow where patterns had been discontinued by c. 1840, according to J. O’Donovan (O’Flanagan 1929, 22). The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
St. Mary Magdalene’s Well
Marked on the 1839 and 1941 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic script as St. Mary Magdalene’s Well on both, with the additional information ‘Site of’ on the later map. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the a pattern was he Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]
St. Mary’s Well
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. Mary’s Well on both. It is located on a gentle SW-facing slope with the NW-SE River Sow c. 150m to the SW. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern was held on t Monument Type: Ritual site […]
St. Mary’s Well
A well is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as St. Mary’s Well. It is situated on a slight W-facing slope and on the W side of the S-N road (R736) from Tagoat to Rosslare Strand. It is opposi Monument Type: Ritual […]
St. Maurus’ Well
Annotated ‘St Maurus’ Well’ on 1937 ed. OSi 6-inch map, 180m W of St Maur’s Church (DU008-021001-) and graveyard (DU008-021002-). Formerly an enclosed spring well roofed with flagstones (Ó Danachair 1958, 74). Located base of steep bank E of private re Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
St. Menaghans Wells
One of two holy wells (WM035-003003-) dedicated to St. Managhan or St. Manchán (Managhan/Menaghan/Moynaghan) of Lemanaghan (OF015-004003-). In the parish of Kilcleagh the feastday of St. Manchán was remembered on the 29th of September (Ó Riain 2011, Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
St. Menaghans Wells
One of two holy wells (WM035-003002-) dedicated to St. Manchán (Managhan/Menaghan/Moynaghan) of Lemanaghan (OF015-004003-). In the parish of Kilcleagh the feastday of St. Manchán was remembered on the 29th of September (Ó Riain 2011, 429). No surfac Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
St. Michael’s Well
Situated on a steep W-facing slope in the valley of the NW-SE Clonough River, with the stream c. 10m to the W. Described as St. Michael’s Well on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, this is a natural spring that is a source of a short stream (L c Monument Type: […]