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Ritual site - holy well

Lady's Well

Holy well in Ballygarvan, County Wexford, Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentNot recorded
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
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Ballygarvan, Co. Wexford52.31536, -6.83739
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At a glance

  • TypeRitual site - holy well
  • Recorded sizeW 5m; H 2.5m

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

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  • 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 in gothic lettering as Lady’s Well on both. It is located at the bottom of an E-facing slope, cut into a natural scarp (Wth 5m; H 2.5m) with the N-S Owenduff stream c. 70m to the E. The well is a circular feature (diam. c. 2.7m) with drystone walling (H 1.4m) retaining the scarp.

Full archaeological record 109 words

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering as Lady’s Well on both. It is located at the bottom of an E-facing slope, cut into a natural scarp (Wth 5m; H 2.5m) with the N-S Owenduff stream c. 70m to the E. The well is a circular feature (diam. c. 2.7m) with drystone walling (H 1.4m) retaining the scarp. Water seeps into the wooded valley, but there is no record of veneration, or any evidence of it. Archaeological monitoring (15E0412) of a gas pipeline c. 30m to the N in Area 8 produced no related material (Sutton 2018; excavations.ie 2015:422).

References

  • Amended: 19 October 2020

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Michael Moore · Updated 18 February, 2013. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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