Christian Sites

On S side of road. Spring enclosed by recumbent stones backed by masonry wall. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain ins Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

At bottom of N-facing slope. Water runs from under rock beneath tree. Scatter of stones remains of possible masonry enclosure. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork’ ( Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

At top of hill, locally known as “Cnoc a’Tobair” (hill of the well), c. 50m N of penitential station (CO083-060001-) and possible souterrain (CO083-060003-). Stone-lined well enclosed by circular drystone structure with corbelled roof; opening to E; ston Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In rough pasture, on a N-facing wooded slope on the SW side of a road. According to local information, there was a holy well, with a corbelled stone covering, behind the Lissardagh ambush monument. It was removed and there are no visible remains of it. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Situated in a hollow on an E-facing slope. Natural spring housed in a rectangular drystone surround (dims. 0.95m E-W; 0.7m N-S). There is a small modern shrine with a statue of Our Lady to the W of the well; the hollow is planted with flowers and a glass Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

supposed (though dubious) establishment of Knights Templar purportedly founded c.1300 no record of preceptory found

Situated on the summit of Church Mountain. Circular shaft (D 1.8-2m) excavated through the body of a cairn (WI015-029002-). Known locally ‘St Gad’s Well’, it occurs on the W side of an enclosure constructed from the hollowed interior of the cairn which a Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Located at the W edge of a slight N-S ridge. There is a natural spring c. 100m W of the site of the parish church of Screen (WX033-008001-) and its graveyard (WX033-008002-). According to John O’Donovan, writing c. 1840, patterns were held at the well Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Situated towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of an ENE-WSW ridge. St. Bridget’s holy well is thought to be buried beneath a large boulder just SE of the motte (WX016-014001-). Church (WX016-015001-) is c. 170m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

According to Power (1952, 30) there was a holy well in Ballymuddy or Snugborough. It is not located. Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 August 2011 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Tober Patrick is now almost destroyed and obscured. (Ó Muirgheasa No. 4) The above description was derived from the ‘Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Located on the SW side of a low NW-SE ridge of rock outcrop (Wth c. 20m; H c. 2m) that is at the N edge of a broad upland basin that extends off to the S. A cement cross (H 0.45m; Span 0.45m; T 0.08m) with ‘mass-rock’ inscribed in the cement at its base was […]