Christian Sites

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On W side of road, at base of tree. Well now consists of dry depression with roughly built wall to rear. No longer in holy use. An old man informed Grove White (1905-25, vol. 2, 195) ‘that he remembers to have seen hundreds of people paying rounds on 9th Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Within SE-sector of enclosure (TS060-017001-). Access not gained. Impenetrable vegetation in this area of interior. Yellow flags at base of scarp at SE may correspond to a natural spring which may have fed the well. Spring may have originated here as gro Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Unlocated holy well within townland, described by Gwynn and Gleeson as the ‘Holy well of St. Donan, little known locally, remains nearby in Mr. O’Meara’s land on the Grananstown road at Grawn’, (Gwynn and Gleeson 1962, 214-5). The above description is d Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Located in recess cut into bedrock. Now used for domestic purposes, has lost any religious associations.The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated beside two fulachta fiadh (CO084-08101-; CO084-08102-). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain i Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

One of three holy wells (13988,13989) recorded by Bowman (1934, 401) on P. Mcauliffe’s land. ‘That in Mr Mcauliffe’s land is called Tobar a gharáin báin – well of the ooze from limestone. It is related that this well, like the majority of holy wells, c Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

One of three holy wells (13987,13989) recorded by Bowman (1934, 401) on John O’Donoghue’s farm. No further information available. Exact location not known. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Vol Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On of three holy wells (13987,13988) recorded by Bowman (1934, 401) on M. O’Riordan’s land ‘near the Ballynoe boundary.’ Exact location not known. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: No Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked only on the 1924 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as St. Thomas’s Well. It is mentioned by John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 220). The well is located in a hollow in a low-lying landsc Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

On a N-facing slope in undulating grassland. This natural spring well is defined by a D-shaped drystone-built chamber (0.75m N-S; 0.7m E-W) which is set 4.5m below ground level. On inspection, the well (D 1m) was accessed from a stile on the roadside, vi Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Bowman (1934, 179) recorded holy well in J. Murphy’s farm, ‘situated in the trunk of a tree. Measurements, 7in by 4in by 6in deep. Rounds are paid during the year. The usual votive offerings are tied to nails driven into the tree.’ Exact location not kno Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]