Stone Well / Lawn Irrigation

I have an old stone lined well on my property from the 1700’s that constantly has water in it, I would like to use it to water the lawn.
Does anyone have any suggestion of a setup to pump the water out of the well ?

A submersible pump will do it.
Do you have enogh water for a lawn, they use a lot.
Sometimes you can water for months, get a great lawn and then run out of water for 2 months.

Well, if you have grid power and access to pumps etc. it seems like an off-the-rack solution would solve the problem. But I'm not clear why you are posting -- perhaps you are looking for an off-grid option?

BTW, I'm sure there are folks here rolling their eyes. There are legitimate reasons to water a lawn other than cosmetics, tea parties, polo and golf. Such as, when it provides a firebreak in a location that is subject to wildfires. If you have ever fought a wildfire, even a small one, you will understand.

We get bushfires in Australia and have found open lawn areas can be harmful in that the radiation from the fire just sweeps across.
There are plants that will not catch fire and will absorb a lot of heat and in some cases they are used instead of open areas of land.

Yeah, you guys in Aus get insane bushfires. A little lawn is probably a joke. Here, though, it gives you a few moments to react before it hits the buildings. Depends on the landscape I guess.

There must be an appropriate sub-forum here. I'd love to hear your insights and stragegies on how you prep for and prevent fire damage. It's very relevant to homesteading.

Hi,  if you have enough wind you could always buy or make a windmill water pump

Doug, I guess we can ask for a bushfire section. I have a Bushfire facebook page which I list things of interest or importance. At the moment I am banned because they reckon I am too young!!.
I have a lot of experience unfortunately in Bushfires.
The big problem we have here is that until about 15 years ago we had no special laws about building in firezones, we do now and people complain.
They seem to want a burnable 35 sq house instead of a 30 Sq house that will not burn down!!!
Any way I try and see what can be set up.

I recently had the opportunity of going over papers from my grandparents, who were homesteaders on the land almost a century ago. One of their vivid accounts was of a wildfire that could have destroyed everything they built, but neighbours helped avert catastrophe. This was in the days when brush was cleared by hand, and early grain crops were enormously tall compared to the varieties grown now. When fanned by wind, a terrifying wall of flame could develop very quickly.

Ke.  Measure the depth to the standing water level in the well and also to the bottom of the well and report back.  I would test pump the well.. it before investing in any equipment.  A local well service contractor should be able to help and even run the test.  You need to determine the long term yield that the well is capable of and proceed from there with designing a system.  

Thanks
The well is about 18 feet deep and i have never seen it less than about 3/4 full even in the hottest of summers

I just don’t know when I start pulling water out of it how quickly it will replenish, so I may have to experiment with a sump pump and garden hose as a temp solution to see how it refills before permanently making a set up