Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Saintjohns, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Saintjohns
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Johns Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Johns Well
- Coordinates
- 52.91556, -6.83397
- SMR number
- KD038-053----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
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
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Fratres Cruciferiunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.