Christian Sites

In pasture, on E side of and overlooking stream valley. Waterlogged area indicates site of well. Infilled c. 1986. Known locally as site of holy well. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 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

In pasture, on E bank of stream in Ketragh Glen. Stone-lined well covered by D-shaped stone-built structure with corbelled roof covered by overgrowth; entrance (H 0.8m; Wth 0.52m) on straight (E) side; small ope (0.3m x 0.3m) at base on W side – may be o Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Unlocated holy well within the townland of Knockatemple. According to Lynch (1994, 640) there is a holy well known in the townland of Knockatemple that is mentioned in the 1930s Irish Folklore Commission, Schools Manuscript Collection (IFC S 918: 34/35 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Referred to as ‘Knockatubber well’ and St. Bridget is suppose to have visited it (IFC Schools’ Mss 674, 60-61). According to local tradition it was used to cure diabetes. (SMR file). Situated on a lane which was once the main Dublin-Belfast Road (IFC Sch Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

In improved pasture, to immediate NW of cairn (TS060-072001-). No visible surface trace. According to OS Namebooks (O’Donovan 1840), this is the ‘site of a well, [and] a small cairn with a cross upon it’. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 09 J Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

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

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

Holy well associated with St. Fiac of Sleaty monastery (LA032-018001-) whose name was anglicized as Feeg (Ó Riain 2011, 315). No well is marked on the 1839 or 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. According to the Ordnance Survey letters this well was Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

In pasture, in the NE corner of a field at the base of a W-facing slope. The well has been infilled and its location is marked only by an area of uneven ground covered by a clump of irises. This corner of the field is neglected and covered by long grass. Monument Type: Ritual site […]

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

Marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in a scrub-covered fold on the steep N-facing slope of a deep W-E valley. There is a small arm-chair arrangement of stones and bedrock creating a shelf (Wth 0.8m; D 0.7m) which was known locally as a place where Mass was celebrated […]