
What is recorded here
St James’ Well flows beside the buried rectangular church in County Louth, marking a worship place where faith and water met. The building is gone except for foundation memories under a slight mound, yet the well still gives the site a living edge. People may have drunk, prayed or washed there before the stones disappeared, carrying the church into everyday memory instead of marble or monument.
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Foundations of rectangular structure (max. dims. 11m by 5m), situated on top of slight flat-topped mound. 'St James' Well' (LH009-002002-) to NW of church site. (CLAJ 1929, 68; CLAJ 1941, 12)
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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