Christian Sites

This is a natural spring well in a hollow at the base of a cliff. No tradition of devotion. (Ó Danachair 1958, 74). Known as Tober Caillin it survives as a slight pooling of water on rocky foreshore. Holy well described in 1975 as a; ‘small stream flow Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Located in CAHERMINNAUN WEST, County CLARE. On a low SW-facing slope in undulating pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). Named ‘Tobercameen’ on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Labelled ‘Tobar Chaimín eye cure’ on Robinson’s map (1977). This well c Archaeological Survey Reference: CL009-059010- Data sourced from the Archaeological […]

Ó Danachair (1955, 209) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘Tobar Cinn Mhóir on 1928 edition OSNB. “Tobercanoroe, reputedly a holy well” WCL, 470. See Keating’s History of Ireland, Irish Texts Society, viii, 318’. This well was also Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Some 30m NNW of Cill Cheannanach (GA119-087001-). Known locally as Tobar Cheannanach, it consists of a spring well which emerges from E side of a large earthfast boulder where it is defined by a low drystone wall. (O’Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 408) The abo Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

It is described as Tobercaoch – the blind well – in gothic lettering on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and it is located on a W-facing slope that is at the head of a small E-W valley. John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 mentions it as having Monument Type: Ritual site […]

Described in gothic script as Tobercarrigeen – the well of the little rock – on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is located just NW of a col between Lacken Hill c. 700m to the SW of the col and another hill c. 700m to the N. It is also […]

In pasture, in a thicket of hawthorn and brambles, located at the base of natural rock outcropping on a N-facing slope.This well is named ‘Tobercashleen’ on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps. It is mentioned in the 1838 OS Letters, but is not describe Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Described as Tobercavan – St Cavan’s Well on the 1839 and 1940 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and said to have had a pattern at one time according to John O’Donovan c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 6). It is named after St. Caomhán Santleathan of Ardcavan ( Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]

Toberchreest/Tobar Críosta: This shallow, slab-lined well is located in woodland close to the W bank of the River Loe, a tributary of the Laune. It occurs at the base of a domed structure, roughly built in stone, which stands 1.52m high and measures 1.6 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

On a gentle SE-facing slope at the centre of a burial ground (CL038-026001-). A circular well (int. diam. c. 1m) surrounded by a drystone wall (Wth 0.8m; int. H 2.1m; ext. H 0.6m; ext. diam. 3.2-3.4m) with an entrance (Wth 0.75m) and six steps at NW. A n Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

On generally level ground, in a poorly drained, ungrazed area, which is enclosed by woodland. According to Curry (1839, vol. 2, 282), ‘There is a…well in the townland of Gleandrith called Tubber Cleibhin [meaning] Well of the Little Basket and said b 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