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  • Struell Bath Houses & Wells

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    Ardglass Road
    Downpatrick
    BT30 6RA
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk
    Website: https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/struell-wells-p672841

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: Yes, entry is free (Sometimes public access is restricted due to works for example. Check before you visit)
    Grid reference: J5117044220
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: DOW 038:002
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Struell Bath Houses & Wells

    This is an early site, likely pre 1000AD, with strong associations with St. Patrick, although the buildings that you see date from much later. It was built around a stream flowing through a secluded valley. You can see a mid-18th century church, apparently never finished, likely on the site of the earlier church building or series of buildings. The waters were believed to have curative powers. The site also contains two bath houses, one for men and one for women, and two roofed wells, all fed by the stream. It was a popular place of pilgrimage from the 1600s until the 1840s.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI
    Struell Bath Houses & Wells
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