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At a glance
- TypeRitual site - holy well
- Condition (as surveyed)Gone: no visible trace
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.
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History and description
Site of St Bridget's Well, located in a partially reclaimed paddock 50m N of a corn mill (DU007-015006-) and 150m E of Gracedieu Augustinian Nunnery (DU007-015001-). Lady Well (DU007-015004-) located 220m to SSW.
Full archaeological record 130 words
Site of St Bridget's Well, located in a partially reclaimed paddock 50m N of a corn mill (DU007-015006-) and 150m E of Gracedieu Augustinian Nunnery (DU007-015001-). Lady Well (DU007-015004-) located 220m to SSW. A stream rises E of the well site. No surface remains visible. Site of St Bridget's Well described in 1958 as; 'No tradition about this well survives in the locality' (Ó Danachair 958, 73). Site of dried up well described in 1975 as 'nothing to be seen at all. In small wettish field beside a derelict farmstead and cornmill. Modern drainage ditches have probably lowered the water table, so that former wells have gone dry and disappeared' (Henry A. Wheeler 15/05/1975, SMR File). No longer venerated (Healy 1975, 19). Well backfilled for safety reasons (Skyvova 2005, 52).
References
- Date of revised upload: 12 April 2023
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Geraldine Stout. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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