Christian Sites

In pasture, at edge of field, adjacent railway track. Rectangular well (Wth c. 1-1.10m; L 2m; D c. 1-1.1m) defined by random rubble stone wall with break in S-side where four steps lead down into the well from field level. Railway wall (H c. 2m) built at Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Two wells are depicted on 1923 OS 6-inch map bordering pond area on E side. Enlarged pond survives, swelled by recent heavy rain. No visible surface trace of either well. Ó Danachair (1955, 203) describes each as ‘w Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

On S-facing slope, on N side of River Lee, lies Sunday’s Well which gives its name to the area. Due to road widening in 1946, stone building over well removed and well covered by road; ‘stone tablet’ on building with inscription ‘I.H.S., Sunday’s Well 16 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

At the S side of Countess Road in Killarney. There are no visible remains of this holy well. A house, built in the 1980s, now occupies the site.Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Co Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Located within the garden of a private residence. This is a natural spring enclosed by a rough, dry-stone built, super-structure. Tradition records that water from the well cures sore eyes and stomach disorders (Ó Danachair 1958, 77). It is still venera Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated on level to gently sloping ground beside the road. An unmarked spring which according to the OS Name Books was traditionally ‘good for various cures’. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Wickl Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

The OS Letters (1837) describe a ‘Fairy Well’ N of Tymon Castle(Herity 2002, 32). This is probably the same curative well described later by Daly (1957, 22). Not precisely located. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In pastureland on NW-facing slope of Mount Mary. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1931). No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II – North Galway’. Compil Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as St. Winifred’s Well, defived from local sources (OSFM). This 7th century Welsh saint is associated with the healing power of springs and her feastday is celebrated on the 2nd of No Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

In low-lying pasture, c. 250m to N of Tawnagh church (SL034-085001-) and c. 200m N of a graveyard (SL034-085002-). A natural spring rises through limestone bedrock on the NW edge of a mound (H c. 0.8m) and feeds a fast-flowing stream to NW. Two roughly r Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

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

According to information gathered in 1966 there was a mass-rock beside the river in the N end of the townland (SMR file). 89722,LH00345,MARO,LH005-040—-,LOUTH,GLENMORE,R175181,714132,812456,54.048617589999999,-6.257112170000000,Mass-rock,,’Cloughmore’,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH005-040—-,Marked on the 1:2500 OS map (surveyed 1907) as ‘Cloughmore’. A low boulder with a fairly flat upper surface. No markings noted on it. Monument Type: Mass-rock View on Historic Environment Viewer