Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castledermot
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. James or Abbey Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Well
- Coordinates
- 52.90873, -6.83769
- SMR number
- KD040-002006-
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
St. James's Well is situated in the grounds of the Franciscan friary church (KD040-002005-) in Castledermot town. It is neglected and no longer visited. Jackson states that there are no traditions associated with the well (JKAS 1979-80, 150).
Date of upload: 8 September 2016
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Franciscan friarsunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.