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Lady Well — Tintern

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Lady Well — Tintern
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Why this matters

Linked to a tradition of healing and local devotion, Lady Well is associated with the veneration of the Virgin Mary, a common feature of many holy wells in Britain. The site likely served as a place of pilgrimage and ritual washing for ailments, reflecting medieval Christian practices that blended faith with folk healing customs.

Overview

Lady Well — Tintern is recorded as Holy well in Wexford. Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lady Well in gothic lettering on both. It is located at the bottom of a W-facing slope, c. 15m from the E bank of the tidal estuary of the NNW-SSE Tintern stream and c. 25m S of the old road between Clonmines and Fethard.

Who made it and when

The saved account records: Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lady Well in gothic lettering on both.

How it was made and used

The saved account records: It is located at the bottom of a W-facing slope, c. 15m from the E bank of the tidal estuary of the NNW-SSE Tintern stream and c. 25m S of the old road between Clonmines and Fethard.

What was found

The saved account records: This is a rectangular well (dims 0.6m NW-SE

What remains

The saved account records: D 0.54m) within a masonry canopy (dims 2.18m NW-SE

Why it mattered

Lady Well — Tintern matters because the source ties holy well to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: 1.25m NE-SW) with an apex (H 1.17m) over the opening (H 0.8m) at SW where there is paved apron (dims 2.1m NE-SW

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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