Christian Sites

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 […]

O’Rorke (1878, 277) noted that ‘a little to the east of the cruckawn is, or rather was, a well, called Tubbermurro, where stations used to be performed by the people of the neighbourhood. The well lay in a hollow between two bushes and the devotees made 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

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

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 […]

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 […]