Christian Sites

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 poorly drained land with a nearby church site (TN035-013002) to the SSE. A poorly preserved disused well partially filled in with collapsed drystone wall surround. There are no votive offerings around the well which was probably associated wi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Unlocated well in the townland of Cookstown. According to Lynch (1994, 642) there is a holy well known as ‘St Michael’s Well’ in the townland of Cookstown that is mentioned in the 1930s Irish Folklore Commission, Schools Manuscript Collection (IFC Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Unlocated holy well within townland described by Carrigan as ‘In this townland between the ‘rabbit-burrow’ and the Erkina River, and a few perches only from the latter, there was a holy well, now closed up, called Tubberkierawn, or St. Kieran’s Well. An Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On a strip of grass in Crestwood housing estate. This mass-rock consists of a large granite boulder (1.9m NW-SE; 1.7m NE-SW) that is pentagonal in plan. The upper surface is flat and fairly even, sloping from 1m in height at E to 0.9m at W. 53854,GA11373,MARO,GA108-068—-,GALWAY,DERRY (Longford By.),NULL,0,0,46.488181429999997,-15.817314300000000,Mass-rock,Not indicated,Not indicated,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA108-068—-,The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) […]

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

Marked only on the 1909 edition of the OS 6-inch map. In a low-lying area. A shallow pool of water (diam. 2m), to W of a stream, indicates the site. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Laois’ (Dublin S Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

In low-lying grassland, in an area of outcropping limestone. A D-shaped spring well (E-W 0.9m, N-S 0.4m) within a natural fissure in the limestone; known locally as a holy well. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Invento Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Unlocated holy well within the townland of Coolballintaggart. According to Lynch (1994, 640) there is a holy well known in the townland of Coolballintaggart that is mentioned in the 1930s Irish Folklore Commission, Schools Manuscript Collection (IFC S Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In level pasture, c. 20m SW of dried-up stream bed. Ó Danachair (1955, 212) describes well as circular area (diam. 12 feet) enclosed by dry-stone wall (H 1.5 feet). This now almost completely masked by dense overgrowth but appears to be slightly raised Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Built into a S-facing slope, just below the crest of a hill, in rolling grassland, c. 50m NE of a stream which flows into a river c. 400m to the E. It is located 18m W of the NW angle of graveyard (KK009-019002-) wall which encloses a medieval church (KK Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

In pasture, in lowlying ground bordering the E bank of the Abbey River. The location is marked by a small stand of ash trees. This holy well is not indicated on the 1836 OS 6-inch map but is named as ‘St. Columbkille’s Well’ on the 25-inch plan and Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]