Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Coghlanstown West, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coghlanstown West
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Jamess Well
- Coordinates
- 53.13624, -6.66100
- SMR number
- KD029-005003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the E edge of a dried-up watercourse, which may have formed part of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (KD029-005002-) immediately outside, to SW, of a graveyard (KD029-005004-) and medieval church (KD029-005001-). According to Jackson (1979-80, 154-5) the well was a pilgrimage destination and famous for its cures. Several natural springs rise in this area.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 27 August 2013
References
Jackson, P. 1979-80 The holy wells of Co. Kildare. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 16, 133-61.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.