What is recorded here

Holy well in Greenoge stands at the bottom of a north-facing slope beside the R125, probably dedicated to St Nicholas like the nearby church. Locals still regard it as a ritual place, though no offerings remain in its shallow water. A D-shaped masonry cairn conserved around 1990 marks the opening, preserving a site old enough to resist mapping yet familiar enough to belong.

Located at the bottom of a N-facing slope c. 90m S of a WNW-ESE section of the Broadmeadow Water and c. 90m NE of the parish church of Greenoge (ME045-018----). It is just on the S side of the R125 Swords to Ahsboune road, but it is not marked as an antiquity on the 1837 and 1909 eds of the OS 6-inch map. However, it is regarded locally as a holy well (Feeley 2001, 50) and like the church was probably dedicated to St Nicholas. The well was conserved c. 1990 as a D-shaped masonry cairn (dims 2.4m WNW-ESE; 1.3m NNE-SSW; max H 1.2m) with a rectangular opening (Wth 0.64m; H 0.58m; D 0.7m) on the N side, and the well (D 0.65m) has some water but there are no offerings. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 September, 2015

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