Christian Sites

Mass-Rock (KE064-014004-): Located in the NE corner of the site, this large boulder measures 1.3m long and .65m high. It bears three incised Latin crosses and two motifs that consist of linear grooves terminating in expansions with radial lines. Resting on its SE end is an irregularly shaped stone (KE064-014003-), measuring .39m x .29m, which […]

Dedicated to St. Bridget. Until the nineteenth century, pilgrims came here on the 1st February (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 309). Well indicated by wet patch in the ground. Described by Carrigan as “St. Bridgets well” was about 200 yards south-east of the ch Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In a timber yard at S end of Ahascragh village. This well was initially visited on 15th November 1984 and consisted of a spring well enclosed by a low circular wall (D 1.3m) with a narrow gap at SE. A carved stone cross was set into the outer wall-face a Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

High Cross located in Tipperary.

Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘St. Conall Caol’s Holy Well and Leabaidh or “Bed” (DG098-002002-) is at Roilig, near Bruckless, about two minutes’ walk from the new chapel of Bruckless. The turns or pilgrimage is made often from 22nd May to 30th J Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Below HWM at N end of Roundstone Bay. Associated locally with St Columcille, it consists of a fine, smooth, deep, round pothole (D 0.3m), with the remains of a small cairn on the rock outcrop beside it to E (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. The above de Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

In a wooded area, at the base of a rock outcrop, to the SE of Loo Bridge. Spring water emerges from a fissure in the rock and forms a small irregularly shaped pool, which is the holy well. A small stream flows from the well to the NW along a stony path w Monument Type: […]

One of six holy wells (OF029-015006-/007-/008-/009-/010-) recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1838, only four of these six wells were depicted on the OS 6-inch maps. Today the precise location of this holy well cannot be identified on the ground, a thorn Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

A cairn (DG047-002002-) of earth and stones 1m high surrounded by an earth and stone bank with an overall diameter of 15m. Slightly W of the highest point of the cairn is a stone slab-lined grave (DG047-002003-), 1.5m N-S and 0.85m E-W. It is tilting inw Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

An overgrown well sited 40m N of a former ‘altar’ (DG052-033—-) used as a penitential station. It is situated at the foot of the N slope of Crockatee in marshy land. The above description was derived from the ‘Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Below HWM on rocky foreshore close to the mouth of a small inlet called Béal an Chalaidh. Known locally as Tobar Cholmcille, it consists of a small natural pothole on seaweed-covered rock. According to Mac Giollarnáth (1941), it used to have a stone li Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

On W side of Cuan na hAirde just below HWM on a rocky shore c. 100m N of a small quay. It consists of a small natural pothole associated with St Columcille. Not visited. (Robinson 1985, 38) The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeolog Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]