Christian Sites

Some 180m S of St Imor’s Chapel (GA085-056001-). An underground circular stone-lined well (D c. 1.2m) with three steps at N leading down to the water level. A roughly built modern wall with a gap at N has been built up around the well and it is covered o Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Located on a slight rise of natural rock outcrop in an area of undulating countryside with good views. Disused dried up holy well (1.55m x 0.65m) known locally as St Anthony’s Well with stone built cover made up of a large overlapping slabs similar to a Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Located on a slight rise of natural rock outcrop in an area of undulating countryside with good views. Disused dried up holy well known locally as St Anthony’s Well (OF16-027—-) located 1.5m to the N and bullaun stone (OF016-027002-) located 3.5m to the S. Mass rock (dims. 2.35m x 1.3m x 0.7m) located beside the […]

In scrubland, at confluence of two streamlets. Spring well (D 0.2m) with poorly defined edges cut by natural erosion. Water piped from well to cattle trough in field to NE. Streamlets feeding into well from NW are dry in summer. According to local inform Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Located E of Killinarden in a field that was under rape seed at the time ofinspection. This is a natural spring well dedicated to St Paul and called Toberphoil (Hegarty 1939, 70, Herity 2002, 38). The spring has been piped leaving no visible trace above Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Marked only on the 1924 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as St. Mochain’s Well. St Mochonóg is an early saint of Saxon and British parentage (Ó Riain 2011, 464), who is thought to have founded a monastery at Kilmuckrige (Ranson 1945, 53 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Described as St. Bridget’s Well only on the 1924 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located on a gentle NW-facing slope on the SE side of the River Sow basin. John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 records the name but says it had been disused for 20 years and th Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for resear Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In low-lying grassland. According to OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 239), this well was known as ‘Tobar Soláin’. It was used as a penitential station up to 40-50 years ago. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

The following description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated in a large field of rich pasture, N of wells (MA117-031003-) and (MA117-031004-). An active spring at the base of a plateau of karst. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Bowman (1934, 136) recorded holy well in Peter Foley’s farm in this townland where ‘Rounds which have long since been discontinued, were paid ‘some time in March’.’ Exact location not known.The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeologi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer