Christian Sites

Located 22.7m N of St. Patrick’s Church. Associated with St. Patrick who is reputed to have passed the well on his journey from Cashel to Lismore (Morrissey 1909, 265). It is mentioned in the tenth century life of St. Declan of Ardmore (ibid.). According Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Situated in lowlying, wet ground. Spring well at an indentation at the W of a substantial kidney-shaped cairn/penitantial station (SL016-005002-). The well is enclosed within a drystone border and covered with a low arch also of drystone construction. It Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated c. 10m W of an overgrown trackway, in rolling pasture. Four rectangular stones (L c. 0.8m, D 0.3m; Wth. 0.5m) are arranged at ground level to form a square over the dry-stone cylindrical shaft of a spring well. The S stone has tumbled in, leavin Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

On S side of stream. Spring enclosed by surround surmounted by a statue of St Patrick, both of recent origin. Still venerated, with a variety of devotionalia hung about the surround as well as coins dropped into the water. According to Ó Danachair (1955 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Situated in rough pasture on a low rise of ground in undulating countryside. Nearby well (TN020-100—-) 90m to W, bullaun stone reused as mass rock (TN020-157—-) 320m to SSW. Holy well dedicated to St. Patrick which was described in the OS Letters i 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

On flat poorly drained grassland with nearby well (TS058-026—-) 125m to W, church (TS058-025—-) and graveyard (TS058-025001-) 177m to S, castle (TS058-028—-) 97m to NE. Natural spring well now encased by a modern canopy which appears to have been b 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

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

A well is depicted on the W side of a farm laneway on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map but it is described as St Peter’s Well in italic script only on the 1912 edition. The well is said to have had a cure for headaches (IFC, vol. 698, 39). No trac Monument […]

Known as St. Kevin’s Well and the supposed location of a stone bearing the mark of the saint’s knees (LH017-064002-) (IFC Schools MSS 674, 60). No visible trace at ground level. An archaeological assessment (Excavation Licence 98E584) was carried out imm Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Holy Well listed in the Sites and Monuments Record for County Donegal (1987) and in the Record of Monuments and Places published in 1995. Not indicated on any edition of the OSi historic maps. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer