Christian Sites

Located in KEELHILLA, County CLARE. At the foot of a limestone bluff (H 5m) on a moderately steep rock-strewn W-facing slope. Indicated and named ‘Toberkieran’ on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. A poorly preserved apparently disused holy well. A shallow pool (D 0.2m; L 1m Archaeological Survey Reference: CL006-030—- Data […]

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

Ó Danachair (1955, 213) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘Toberkinangle on 1840 map. “Not inserted on plan, not known by the inhabitants as found by particular enquiry. It is. A Well. Holy Well on plan”.OSNB. From this entry in the N Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

In improved pasture, in a slight depression at the base of a SSE-facing slope. A field boundary (long axis E-W) is located c. 18m to SSE. Depicted and named ‘Toberknockhall’ on all historic OS mapping. It is not visible at ground level. There is a sh Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Indicated as ‘Toberkyle’ in Gothic script on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900 revision. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 1 March 2022 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

This is marked on the 1842 and 1916 OS maps as ‘Toberlackan’ (Tobar Leacan – well of (the) hillside).Situation and Description: This well would seem to have been situated in a circular enclosure (KE014-020004-) on the 1842 map. However, by the 1916 map, Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On the roadside c. 20m S of the Nuenna river, on the flat valley floor. It is described in the OS Letters (1839) as, ‘a large spring bubbling from the earth with considerable strength and rendered remarkable by a large aged ash tree which grows over it. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Ó Danachair (1955, 214) recorded the following details about St. Lachtin’s Well; ‘Tober laghteen Holy Well on 1840 map. A small masonry cupola, with a slab “This was erected by James Keating in ye year of our Lord 1791 that lived in Grangehill Pray for Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

In a low-lying landscape, at the townland boundary of Toonagh and Cahercalla in a field of bramble scrub. Named ‘Toberlanniv Holy Well’ on the 1840 OS 6-inch map but named ‘Toberlanniv Holy Well (Site of )’ on the 1921 edition. On inspection in 2005 an a Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Marked on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in italic lettering on both as ‘Toberlargan’. Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Described as a stone-lined well with the slight foundations of a stone structure (RO045-075003-) nearby Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Described as ‘Toberlasragh’ only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a level landscape at the E edge of a bog. It is not visible at ground level in an area which has been drained, but it is known locally and was visited on the last Sund Monument Type: Ritual […]

On a steep S-facing slope, and 17m SE of Kilnamona church (CL033-006001-) and graveyard (CL033-006002-). Toberlaughteen, dedicated to St. Laughteen, is a circular well (diam. 0.95m) with a corbelled canopy. It was venerated on 19th March (O’Flanagan 1928 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer