Saint Scoheen's Well
Photo: A.-K. D. · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ritual site - holy well

Saint Scoheen's Well

Holy well in Freneystown, Co. Kilkenny.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentNot recorded
  • 19th-centuryIn the record
  • Folklore1 quote
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Freneystown, Co. Kilkenny52.68234, -7.11774
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At a glance

  • TypeRitual site - holy well
  • Date or period mentioned19th-century

What to look for

  • Offerings left
  • Pattern day

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

A holy well known as St. Scoheen's Well (KK015-030006-)is located approx. 60m W of an early medieval church (KK015-030001-) and graveyard (KK015-030002-). The natural spring well has been incorporated into the S section of the 19th-century graveyard wall of a late medieval church (KK015-030004-) and graveyard (KK015-030005-).

Full archaeological record 75 words

A holy well known as St. Scoheen's Well (KK015-030006-)is located approx. 60m W of an early medieval church (KK015-030001-) and graveyard (KK015-030002-). The natural spring well has been incorporated into the S section of the 19th-century graveyard wall of a late medieval church (KK015-030004-) and graveyard (KK015-030005-). There are no votive offerings at the bottom of the well and there is no present tradition of a local pattern or any cures asscoiated with this well.

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Jean Farrelly · Updated 7 March 2016. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

Folklore and traditions

There are no votive offerings at the bottom of the well and there is no present tradition of a local pattern or any cures asscoiated with this well.
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact
Healing wells and curesOfferings and rag trees

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Also recorded nearby

Named sites within 5 km with only a short entry in the Archaeological Survey.

  • Freneystown CastleCastle - tower house · Freneystown · 0.5 km · official record
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