KILTENNEL TRAIL · HISTORY STOP 4 OF 5

Lady Charlotte’s Wishing Well

Small brick structure resembling a miniature doorway built into a hillside, surrounded by greenery and plants.

When it was first constructed it had a large domed shaped feature across the top and was much grander.

The local Heritage Group are currently working on grant Funding to restore the Well to its former glory. If you have any of the old Courtown Harbour Bricks red laying around at home and want to donate them to this cause, please get in touch!

Constructed in the mid-1800s using locally sourced Courtown

brick and lime mortar, this well is located along the picturesque

Sycamore Walk. Fed by a natural spring, it once provided clean

drinking water and was also used for family baptisms at Kiltennel

Church, built in 1770 as a memorial to the Courtown family. Over

the years, generations of children have visited the well to make, their wishes.

Four women and a dog standing in front of a brick oven built into a small hill covered with lush green plants and trees.