Christian Sites

Marked ‘St. James’s Well’ on the 1835 and 1939 ‘OS 6-inch’ maps. It is a rectangular pool lined with large roughly dressed blocks, four or five stones high in some places and without mortar (ASI field notes, 1966). Patron day was held here at start of tw Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

A spring in natural rock at the base of a steep slope which continues to fall to the SE. The well has been used by cattle as drinking water. A concrete sill was erected some years ago with ‘Saint James’ inscribed on the cement. The well consists of a rou Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. The holy well of St John the Baptist, a natural spring, is c. 50m to the NW of the parish church of Kilmacomb (WA027-006001-). J. O’Donovan, writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1929, 7-8), thought that it was dedic Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Ó Danachair (1955, 209) recorded the following details about St John the Baptist’s Well; ‘This well no longer exists; it is said that it changed position when desecrated, and is now on the roadside and used as a pump, about 75 yards from its original Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

St. John the Baptist’s Well/Tobar Eoin Baiste: A drystone-built well located on the W side of Minard Bay, about 150m NE of Kilmurry church (KE054-061—-). A small stone which stands above the well bears a plain, inscribed Latin cross on its E face. Roun Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Marked as a holy well only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on marshy ground in the valley of the W-E Urrin River with the stream c. 70m to the N and the N-S River Slaney is c. 125m to the E. Nothing is visible in a scrub-covered area. Monument […]

On a low rise of ground in gently undulating pasture with a medieval church (TS046-048001-) and graveyard (TS046-048004-) c. 100m to the W. The holy well consists of a low semi-circular stone wall (diam. 2.2m; wall T 0.65m; H 0.8m) enclosing a dried-up w Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Situated on a fairly level landscape at the bottom of a NE-facing slope. St John’s Well was certainly in use since the seventeenth century and pilgrimages to it on St John’s Eve (23rd June) were forbidden by the Irish Parliament in 1708. Tradition he Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Located within a roadside ditch, south of Grallagh church (DU007-001001-), graveyard (DU007-001004-) and holy well (DU007-001002-). There is stone in bank with water flowing from it visible, although whether this is a bubbling spring or flowing water int Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Located in a small NW-SE valley. According to John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 the pattern had been held on the 24th June at St. John’s Well but it had been abolished (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 92). This is a spring (dims. 1.6m N-S; 0.75m) with a rect Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

In the SE angle of a graveyard, c. 40m E of a medieval church (TS073-009001-), towards the end of an E-facing slope of a natural hill with marshy ground to the N and S. According to the 2nd (1904) ed. OS 6-inch map this well is known as ‘St. John’s Well’ Monument Type: Ritual site […]

In a low-lying landscape. A circular well (diam. 1.2m) within a rectangular paved enclosure (int. dims 2.1m N-S; 2m E-W) defined by masonry walls (Wth 0.9m; H 0.3m) is approached by steps from the S and has a D-shaped masonry alcove (Wth 1.45m; D 1.35m; Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]