Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Castletown (dundalk Upper By.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown (dundalk Upper By.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Johns Well (Covered)
- Coordinates
- 54.02535, -6.42859
- SMR number
- LH007-011----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked on Taylor and Skinner's map (1777) and named 'St. John's Well' on the 1835 'OS 6-inch' map. The 1938-9 'OS 6-inch' map records it as 'St. John's Well (Covered)'. Also known as Tober Eonan and Tober Ronan. Rebuilt in 1908 (CLAJ 1952, 230). Described in 1966 as a rectangular pool, covered by a high-pitched roofed house, constructed of stone and concrete, with a lintelled doorway to E (H 1.38m) and small lintelled window to W (H 0.20m) (ASI field notes). Pattern was held 'up to the last century when it was barred by the parish priest' (Tempest 1952, 63).
Reference:
Tempest, H.G. 1952 Gossiping guide to Co. Louth (3 parts). Dundalk. Dundalgan Press.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 23 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.