Christian Sites

Marked on the 1840-41 and 1914 OS maps as ‘Toberboy’ (Tobar Buí – yellow well).Situation and Description: This well is a marshy hollow in the corner of a field. The landowner covered it some years ago, but the outline can still be traced. SW of this lie Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

In a natural hollow, c. 13m to the SE of the site of Toberbrackan Castle (GA095-145001-). According to the OS Letters, this well is dedicated to St Briocain (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 460). It consists of a spring well, with a circular stone-built surro Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Within an enclosure (GA102-025001-). This spring well, which is enclosed by a rectangular drystone surround (3.3m N-S; 2.7m E-W), lies in the NE quadrant of an oval hollow (15m N-S; 13m E-W). A number of mature beach trees surround it. According to local Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In a thicket of hazel and blackthorn, in the base of a steep-sided stream gully (Wth 6-8m; D c. 2m), on level ground c. 3m S of the W-flowing stream. The well, named ‘Toberbreanal’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps, consists of a rectangular pit ( Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Part of Na Seacht Teampaill. Some 10m E of a grave-plot (GA110-023005-) on a low bluff overlooking the monastic complex. This well, correctly Tobar Bhreacáin, consists of a natural bullán or rockpool in the limestone with a canopy of rough limestone bl Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In a hollow close to a stream. This holy well consists of a spring well which is defined by a small flat pile of stones (diam. 1.5m), in the center of which there is a modern pipe. According to local information, people used to tie ribbons to a hawthorn Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Toberbreeda (Tobar Bríde) consists of a small spring and shallow pool at the NW corner of a sluice reservoir about 200m to S of Tobermanaghan (KE043-141—-). Stations and rounds were formerly performed here (OSNB Dingle, book 2, 15).Ó Danachair (1960, Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

At the W edge of a small S-N stream. A circular stone-lined area (int. diam. 1.4m; D 0.9m) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m). A mature sycamore 2m to the W has votive offerings and may have formed part of rounds at this well. A children’ Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

Natural spring well located immediately S of the SE corner of the walled garden belonging to Dunboden Park. Church (WM033-008—-) and graveyard (WM033-008001-) located 250m to the S. The monument consists of a stone lined, covered natural spring well Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Ó Danachair (1955, 207) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘Toberbreedia on 1841 map. A small spring in an open field, with some old whitethorn trees. The rounds path is marked by five stones. Rounds are still made, but not often. Form Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

On top of a hillock and within the E perimeter of a walled burial ground (CL038-036001-) which is itself within an enclosure (CL038-026003-). A circular well (diam. 0.9m; D 1.4m) retained by a masonry wall with four steps down to the water at ENE. There Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Marked similarly on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle S-facing slope. A spring emerging from rock outcrop is enclosed by a concrete kerb (dims. 1.6m x 1m). There is a grass-covered rectangular penetential cairn (RO020-013002-) ( Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer