Christian Sites

At Drumacleeskin hilltop enclosure (CV016-037001-). Just outside the fosse at E is a small circular unlined well dedicated to St Patrick (local information). The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan’ 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 holy well marked on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps could not be traced. Nearby was found a portion of a rotary quern now in the Rossnowlagh Museum. The above description was derived from the ‘Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Marked as the site of an ‘abbey’ (DG073-042001-) on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch map. No trace survives. Nearby to the NW is a ‘holy well’ (DG073-042002-) which consists of a circular, drystone-lined spring. A penannular mortared wall has be Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Spring well on the NW slope of a hill overgrown with furze and bracken. No artificial lining visible. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked on the 1910 ‘OS 6-inch’ map as ‘Toberdoney’. The OS Letters refer to a well called Tobar Domhnaigh at which a station was held in the 1830’s (CLAJ 7, 1929, 60). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 10 November 2011 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked on all OS eds. Dense growth of vegetation precluded investigation of the site. Situated in low-lying ground adjacent to a stream. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan’ (Dublin: Stationery O Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Unlocated holy well within the townland of Drumboe Lower and located close to the site of Drumboe Monastery (DG078-005—-). Listed by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as well no. 76 and described as, ”The “Abbey Well” is still pointed out near the site of Drumbo Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

This record refers to two separate components of a high cross, first recorded and illustrated by Wood-Martin (1882, 305-306): a broken cross shaft (see DU018-181—-) now in the National Museum of Ireland and the base block of the cross (SL008-084008-) located in Drumcliff graveyard (SL008-084002-). 133125,SL03820,HICR,SL027-141003-,SLIGO,DRUMCOLUMB,R169159,577278,820053,54.129009660000001,-8.347638720000001,Cross – High cross,,’Stone Cross’,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL027-141003-,In the centre of a graveyard […]

Situated on a slight SSW-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Marked and named on both the 1836-7 and 1940-1 editions of the OS 6-inch map. The well has been filled in and there are no remains visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O’Don Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Located 40m NW of Drumcliff graveyard (DG008-084002-), in the shadow of Ben Bulben, and less than a kilometre from the mouth of the Drumcliff River, on the E side of Drumcliff Bay. It stands within a small walled enclosure, bordered on the E side by a road (N15), which intervenes between the tower and the […]

High Cross located in Sligo.