Christian Sites

Turrasnadíha Well/Tobar na Croise [Well of the Cross]: This well appears to have been filled in or diverted but the cross-slab which stood over it is still in situ. The stone is 0.55m high and bears a Greek cross on its SSE face. The arms of the cross t Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

The ‘Site of a Monastery’ (WM029-009—-) located in the grounds of Twyford House may have been the site of Íseal Chiaráin, or the low place of St. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise (Cox 1969, 6-14; O’Donovan 1851, 824). A motte castle (WM029-007—-) lies 270m Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

High Cross located in Kilkenny.

Marked on the 1835 and 1911 ‘OS 6-inch’ maps as ‘Ultan’s Well’. The OS Letters also refer to a well called Tobar Ultan. It is a large U-shaped pool (L 4m; Wth 3m; D 1.7m), cut into a slight slope of a ridge with a narrow trench leading into a nearby drai Monument Type: Ritual […]

There is a holy well outside the main wall on the NW side of an enclosure (DG004-009001-), known as ‘Castle Fort’. It is situated SE of the summit of Crockraw in rough terrain. An oval area, long axis NE-SE, enclosed by a collapsed drystone wall. There i Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

This record relates to information supplied to the SMR, which records that: ‘Another site of a well is in Mullaghlesgha townland. The well is almost forgotten about and as far as I know is now a watering place for cattle but up to some years ago it was Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Situated on level wet ground, at base of a slight SW-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture. The well (diam. 1.6m) is enclosed by a circular drystone wall (Wth. 0.75m; int. H 1.35m; ext H 1.2m) of random limestone rubble. A splayed break (int. – Wth Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 364) mentions a holy well, called ‘Lady’s Well’, ‘in the extremity of the townland of Urlingford, beside the Togher road as it crosses into Co. Tipperary’. This holy well is not indicated on the OS 6-inch 1839 or 1900 ma Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Situated at the bottom of the E-facing foothills of the Monavullagh Mountains, c. 350m W of the NW-SE River Tay. The parish church of Kilrossanty (WA023-007001-) is within a D-shaped graveyard (WA023-007002-) defined by stone-faced earthen banks with str Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Two adjacent wells, at foot of short cliff, on W side of road. According to local information, rounds made to cure toothaches, earaches and other “affectations of the head”; according to tradition a trout has been seen in N well (Mary’s well) and an eel Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

At cliff-edge on S shore of Great Island. According to Coleman (1894, 53) named Tobar a Sillee or Sellee. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Co Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On the E-facing slope of Ballybrickan Hill, at the junction of Patrick St. and Stephen St. According to Canon P. Power there was a well of dubious antiquity and sanctity dedicated to St Patrick which was closed in during the late 19th century (Power, 191 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]