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St. John’s Well
In a low-lying landscape. Adjacent to the E of holy well (RO045-056001-) is a dry circular well (diam. 1.5m; D 1m) conserved in masonry and approached by steps from the S. The well was conserved in 1984 and it might represent an older form of the well wh Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]
St. John’s Well
On the E slopes of a small stream valley. Land rises to the E to a ridge between two converging streams. The holy well is on the W side of the road, opposite an RC church. According to the OS Letters (1839), ‘There is a holy well (the popular Irish nam Monument Type: Ritual site […]
St. John’s Well
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as St. John’s Well in gothic script on both. It is situated in a slight N-S valley or fold on a S-facing slope with a small stream c. 10m to the E and c. 140m N of the stream’s conflu Monument […]
St. John’s Well
Situated on a SW-facing slope, c. 15m SE of the graveyard (WA018-023003-). The well was described by J. O’Donovan c. 1840 as covered and it had a pointed doorway at S. Patterns were held there on the 24th of June until c. 1800 (O’Flanagan 1929, 5). It is Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]
St. John’s Well
On a N-facing pasture slope in the NW sector of Dun Ailinne, a ceremonial enclosure (KD028-038001-). In 1837, O’Conor, jointly compiling the OS Letters for Co. Kildare, recorded that the well, ‘ … was formerly frequented as a holy well, but is now dr Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]
St. John’s Well
In a small clearing in a coniferous plantation on a moderately steep E-facing slope, c. 175m SE of a medieval church (KD032-005—-) and graveyard (KD032-005001-). While its existence is mentioned by O’Conor (Herity 2002, 96 [30]) who co-compiled the O Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
St. John’s Well
On a W-facing pasture slope, and the source of a small W-flowing stream. According to O’Conor, jointly compiling the OSL in 1839 (Herity 2002, 199 (283)), ‘… to the N. West of it [Ballybought Church: KD029-022—-] was St. John’s Well which, as Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
St. John’s Well
Situated in a grove on the N shore of Killone Lake, 125m NE of Killone Augustinian nunnery (CL041-062001-). The well, dedicated to St. John, is just inside the W entrance to a subrectangular walled enclosure (29m E-W; 17-20m N-S). The well comprises a ma Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]
St. Johns Well
Adjacent to Preceptory of St. John the Baptist (see Castledermot town). There are no known traditions associated with the well, which is now covered over. Date of upload: 16 September 2016 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
St. Keelan’s Well
Some 10m SSE of a church (GA076-005001-). This well, correctly Tobar Cáillín, is indicated on 1st and 2nd eds of OS 6-inch map. Not visited. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 139) The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
St. Keeran’s Well
Located at the bottom of a SE-facing knoll of limestone outcrop, and in an enclosed rectangular area (dims c. 50m NW-SE; c. 20-30m NE-SW) devoted to it. The well is dedicated to St Kerran or Ciarán, whose church of Belach Dúin (ME016-009—-) is c. 350 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]
St. Keevil’s Well
A well is marked on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as St. Keevil’s Well. It is located on a level, low-lying landscape, just S of the old Wexford to Rosslare road. John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 s Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]