The Chapel Well

The well or spring is set into the wall of Chapel Lane that runs down from the Kirk Vennel and ends at the bank of the River Irvine.

The Ordnance Survey maps show that the old church glebe was replaced by a new cemetery and the land above the well was part of the Golf Fields until a manse was built here.

[5] In the 1830s the only well thought suitable for obtaining 'Tea Water' was the Chapel Well, an epidemic of cholera threatened the population of Irvine at the time.

[3] In 2013 the site was renovated by the Redburn Activity Agreement Group led by the North Ayrshire Ranger Service.

On 25 September 2013 the Reverend Robert Travers re-dedicated the holy well in a ceremony attended by representatives from Glebe Primary School, the Redburn Activity Agreement Group and the NAC Ranger Service.

A pre-reformation chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary stood on the bank of the River Irvine, below the present churchyard.

[10] Five stones bearing crosses were located in the wall near the Chapel Well in recent times however one is now missing and another two now lie below the present day ground level.

These crosses may once have marked the extent of church land as boundary markers, however some association with the old chapel cannot be completely ruled out.