Christian Sites

Natural spring well which forms a large pond located in centre of old fish-pond which is indicated on first ed. OS 6-inch map. No evidence of any enclosing feature around well and location inside fish-pond suggests it is unlikely to be used as a holy wel Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Some 250m SE of Teampall na Naomh (GA040-013004-). This well, correctly Tobar na Naomh, consists of a natural spring, dry at time of visit, with traces of a stone revetment. There is a channel running W from it to the shore. The above description is der Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Deep hollow (diam. 0.4m; max. D 0.68m) cut into S face of rock outcrop c. 3m above ground level. Locally known as “”wart well””. Marked c. 160m to NE on 1842 OS 6-inch map; no well at this location now. The above description is derived from the published Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

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

National Monument No. 10044. Kilcolman/Cill na gColmán: An Early Christian church site KE042-141001- lying on the S slopes of an E-W spur of Lateevemore, overlooking Ventry Harbour. (9) The 3 springs that issue from the ground about 80m S of the enclos Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

A natural spring well situated on a slight rise of ground with a nearby river, a tributary of the Dead River, c. 13m to the W. The well was covered in by Tipperary South County Council in the 1940s when a water pump was placed on the site of the well (lo Monument Type: Ritual […]

Located on a NE-facing slope of the NW-SE Slaney valley. St Mary’s Well, an oval drystone-walled structure (dims 2.4m E-W; 1.9m N-S) at which the pattern was held on the 22nd day of July until c. 1810 according to J. O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

St Catherine’s Well is located in the W face of a field bank in a hollow under trees, in the grounds of Fieldstown House. St Bride’s church (DU011-002001-) and graveyard (DU011-002002-) lies 75m to W. It is enclosed by a brick and stone arched structure Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

The Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 183) recorded the following about St. Mary’s Well; St. Mary’s well is located in the field to the south of the church.’ Ó Danachair (1955, 216) recorded that ‘This well has disappeared and its form Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Located in a hollow in a fairly level landscape. John O’Donovan writing in the 1830s describes Tobar Damhnata as almost dried up (Herity 2001, 67), but the dedication was compounded with Dympna of Gheel in Belgium, the patron saint of the mentally ill Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

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

Indicated as a well on the 1835 and 1907 eds of the OS 6-inch map but described as ‘Shavers Well’ in italic lettering on the latter. Situated c. 50m S of the foreshore of Donegal Bay. A rectangular drystone built well (dims 0.35m x 0.35m; D 0.75m) is co Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]