Lady Well
Photo: A.-K. D. · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ritual site - holy well

Lady Well

Holy well near Tintern Abbey in Wexford, Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentNot recorded
  • DateNot stated
  • Folklore1 quote
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Tintern, Co. Wexford52.23516, -6.83569
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At a glance

  • TypeRitual site - holy well
  • Recorded sizedims 0.6m NW-SE; c. 0.6m NE-SW; D 0.54m

What to look for

  • Offerings left
  • Cross or cross-slab

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

Can you visit?

  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
  • Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
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History and description

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lady Well in gothic lettering on both. It is located at the bottom of a W-facing slope, c. 15m from the E bank of the tidal estuary of the NNW-SSE Tintern stream and c. 25m S of the old road between Clonmines and Fethard.

Full archaeological record 135 words

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lady Well in gothic lettering on both. It is located at the bottom of a W-facing slope, c. 15m from the E bank of the tidal estuary of the NNW-SSE Tintern stream and c. 25m S of the old road between Clonmines and Fethard. This is a rectangular well (dims 0.6m NW-SE; c. 0.6m NE-SW; D 0.54m) within a masonry canopy (dims 2.18m NW-SE; 1.25m NE-SW) with an apex (H 1.17m) over the opening (H 0.8m) at SW where there is paved apron (dims 2.1m NE-SW; 1.2m NW-SE). There is no record of veneration and there are no offering, but a St. Bridget’s Cross is inscribed in cement over the opening. The church (WX045-029001-) is c. 90m to the E.

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Michael Moore · Updated 24 July, 2013. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

Folklore and traditions

There is no record of veneration and there are no offering, but a St. Bridget’s Cross is inscribed in cement over the opening.
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact

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