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St Leonard's Well, Rudbaxton Rath, Rudbaxton

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NPRN305249
Map ReferenceSM91NE
Grid ReferenceSM9856018900
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunityRudbaxton
Type Of SiteHOLY WELL
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
A dry well-chamber, 1.3m high and 1.4m wide externally, set in the outer slope of the north-eastern rampart of Rudbaxton Rath (Nprn305250): well structure shown with vestiges of St Leonard's chapel, c.15m to the west, on OS County series 2nd ed. (Pembroke. XXIII.13 1907); the chapel was mentioned in 1398 and slight ruins remained until the m.19th century, when many bones were disinterred. The well was noted to have been recently restored in 1915.

(source Os495card; SM91NE2)

J.Wiles 07.12.04