Christian Sites

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 research Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Armagh Culdees – the Prebendary of Mullaghbrack

Marked on all OS eds. Small circular well (int. diam. 0.9m) on the N shore of Lakefield Lough. Used as a place of pilgrimage up until the 1890s (local information). The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In 1836 it was recorded that the village of Toberscanavan takes its name from a holy well which formerly existed in the neighbourhood but which was destroyed by the building of the mail coach road (OSNB vol. 1, 103). The exact location of this well is no Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

In rough grazing, just outside NE angle of burial ground (14610). Well covered with low concrete structure; opening to E with gate. According to Broker (1937, 35), ‘Hooded in 1904 by Rural District Council at the instance of Daniel O’Connor, poet and mas Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Located on the NE-facing slope of a knoll overlooking Drumsnat Lough (max. dims c. 220m NE-SW; c. 150m NW-SE), which is c. 60m to the NE. A mass-rock under its canopy or bothóg has been established to one side of the entrance gate of Drumsnat graveyard (MO013-002004-) since c. 1800, and an area of exposed […]

Situated at the base of a NE-facing rock-face (H c. 2m), which is on the SW bank of a small stream. The well is across the road to the NE of the graveyard (MO003-018003-) and is accessible by a path down from the road to a rock outcrop platform. The well Monument Type: Ritual site […]

Situated on a gentle W-facing slope, this well flows W into Drish River. The precise location is difficult to ascertain as a pump-house, water tank and well (Wth 1.25m) with concrete lining have been constructed at this location. Presumably the well is t 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

Unlocated holy well within the townland of Mullinaveige. According to Lynch (1994, 638) there is a holy well dedicated to St Kevin in the townland of Mullinaveige that is mentioned in the 1930s Irish Folklore Commission, Schools Manuscript Collection (I Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Well depicted as ‘Priest’s Well’ on 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map but no depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Described in 1983 as ‘The well has been covered in and the area is covered with tarmacadam. A swimming pool has been built to the S of the s Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

A natural crevice in a rock at the base of Mulnamin Hill with rough stone walls arid a slab roof. Marked Tobernameeloge on the maps the site is still visited. The above description was derived from the ‘Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A descrip Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]