Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballybought (gilltown Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybought (gilltown Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Johns Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Johns Well
- Coordinates
- 53.10955, -6.63468
- SMR number
- KD029-034----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 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 I was informed, is now closed up.’ Jackson (1979-80, 154) could source, ‘… no information about this well, except that it used to be regarded as holy'. No evidence of enclosure or veneration.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 16 September 2013
References
Herity, M. (ed.) 2002 Ordnance Survey Letters Kildare. Dublin. Four Masters Press.
Jackson, P. 1979-80 The holy wells of Co. Kildare. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 16, 133-61.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.