Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Belan, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Belan
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Patricks Well
- Coordinates
- 52.96326, -6.84431
- SMR number
- KD038-003----
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Shown on 5 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
Jackson records the belief that St. Patrick baptised people at this well, but that there was no tradition of cures or patterns associated with it (1979-80, 151). The corbelled structure covering the well may be ornamental in origin and part of the landscaping of Belan Demesne.
Date of upload: 15 September 2016
References
Jackson, P. 1979-80 The holy wells of Co. Kildare. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 16, 133-61.
Nearby in the register
- Designed landscape - follyunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.