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EOGHANACHT High Cross
Within a leacht (GA110-023005-) c. 80m S of Teampall Bhreacáin (GA110-010001-) at Na Seacht Teampaill, Inis Mór. Known as the South Cross, it survives as eight fragments cemented together in a horizontal position on a modern cement plinth. These formed part of a limestone cross (Wth 0.3m, T 0.15m) with an asymmetrical ringed head, which […]
EOGHANACHT Holy Well
On the crest of a limestone bluff c. 300m SW of the village of Eoghanachta, Inis Mór. Known locally as Bullán na Caillí (Robinson 1980), it consists of an irregular natural hollow in the rock (L 0.65m, Wth 0.4m). Haddon and Browne (1893, 818) noted vo Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]
EONISH Holy Well
Not marked on any OS ed. Known locally as ‘St Patrick’s Well’ (local information). It has been levelled in. Situated in low-lying marshy ground on the shore of Lough Oughter. A large enclosure known as ‘The Graveyard Field’ is situated c. 30m SW of well Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]
ERREW (Tirawley By.) Holy Well
Located SE of Errew Abbey (MA038-129001-). This holy well, traditionally dedicated to St Tigernan, is not marked on the OS 6-inch maps, ad its exact location is uncertain. It appears to have already fallen out of use by 1838 when the OS Letters noted tha Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]
ERRIBUL Holy Well
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
ERRILL Holy Well
This holy well originally flowed out from under St Kieran’s tree, but moved a few fields to E after being profaned (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 347). Pilgrims came to it on the 5th March, St Kieran’s feast day. The above description is derived from the publi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]
ESKER (Athenry By.) Holy Well
In a slight hollow in grassland, c. 500m SE of the Redemptorist Abbey of Esker. This natural spring well is known locally as ‘Dominic’s Well’. Little is known of its origin (Anon. 1982, 23), though it may date to the arrival of the Dominicans in Es Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]
ESKER (Longford By.) Holy Well
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
ESKER (Longford By.) Mass Rock
In low-lying pastureland. This undressed limestone boulder (H 0.8m; c. Wth 1m; T 0.6m) is locally regarded as a mass-rock. One small field stone is set at its base at SW. 49065,GA06395,MARO,GA112-001—-,GALWAY,CARROWNAMADDRA,R126959,533717,709493,53.131845329999997,-8.990487829999999,Mass-rock,NULL,NULL,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA112-001—-,The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the […]
Eye Wells or Tobernasool
One of six holy wells (OF029-015004-/006-/007-/008-/009-/010-) depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map where they are shown located immediately to the N of a stream running E-W which at that time was located inside the boundary of the graveyard (OF029-015 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer
Eye Wells or Tobernasool
No surface remains visible of one of the holy wells depicted as ‘Eye Wells’ on current ed. OS 6-inch map. The precise location of this well has not been identified. One of six holy wells (OF029-015004-/006-/007-/008-/009/010-) depicted on the 1838 ed. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer