Christian Sites

No trace of this ‘Tobershannon’ now survives. It was situated in wet boggy land S of the Erne. Recorded in 1936 as ‘Tobar a’ Seanaigh at Sminver, parish of Inish mac Saint. No stations at present’ (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 144). In 2004 excavations were car Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Located in SOHEEN, County CLARE. 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 Archaeological Survey Reference: CL025-101—- Data sourced from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.

Marked ‘St. Connell’s Well’ on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. It was not possible to locate a specific feature. There are many water-filled depressions in the bedrock here close to the foreshore on the N side of Inishkeel Island. Descri Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

In pasture, c. 40m N of Spa House (14789). Warm spring forming small pond, with stream flowing from NW side. Not in holy use. Known locally as “spa well”. According to Brück (1987, 45-8), largest of Mallow warm spring group ‘being 13.6m in diameter and Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

At the foot of a low limestone bluff c. 150m WSW of Teampall na Ceathrar Álainn (GA110-086001-). This well, correctly Spíce Gort an Tobar, is a natural spring flowing into a hollow in the bedrock. It is defined on N side by a mortared stone kerb. No of Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Along a stream in undulating grassland. According to local tradition, there was a holy well here; no visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II – North Galway’. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On a rise in the undulating landscape on the S shore of Lough Macnean, and on the W side of S-N laneway. Described locally as a flat slab (dims. c. 1.4m x c. 0.6m) which was supported at either end by single stones. It was damaged in land reclamation c.1980 and subsequently removed. (Gallogly 1993-4, […]

Located in a small bay on the E side of a small, flat-bottomed N-S valley, which is on the E side of a S-N spur. This is a drystone-built pier (dims. 1.35m N-S; 1.1m E-W; H 0.8m) which is known locally as a mass-rock. 85018,LE01076,MARO,LE019-006—-,LEITRIM,SRANAGARVANAGH,R169237,603047,823733,54.162570000000002,-7.953344330000000,Mass-rock,Not indicated,Not indicated,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLE019-006—-,Located on a S and SW-facing slope overlooking Lough […]

Two holy wells located side by side in a field adjacent to the E of Sranure graveyard (OF026-033001-). Both of these water filled wells are enclosed by modern concrete stiles with coins visible at the bottom. According to the OS ‘The well and field near Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

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 research Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Holy Well originally dedicated to St Santán of Kilmasantan (DU025-033—-) located 175m to the SW. Situated on a W facing slope above the reservoir at Glenasmole and N of St. Anne’s Church (DU025-033001-). A well marked by an ash tree (Dims. L 1.22m, W Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

Situated at the head of a W-E ravine ovelooking Passage East, which is c. 140m to the E, and there is a green road (Wth 8m) running E-W past the well just to its S. It is marked similarly on the 1840 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is a roofed conc […]