What is recorded here
St Bride's Well in Carrickfergus marked a hospital and graveyard where Fryar's Garden grew beside Spittal House. People may have drunk from the water, buried their dead and tended sick bodies under St Bridget's name. The exact dates remain unclear, but the layer of uses is plain: a holy well feeding a place of care and death.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HOLY WELL, site of HOSPITAL? & GRAVEYARD: ST BRIDE'S WELL, SPITTAL HOUSE, FRYAR'S GARDEN, ST BRIDGET'S HOSPITAL. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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