Christian Sites

On E-facing slope to N of stream. Enclosed by circular stone wall (H c.1m); grotto on SW wall contains offerings. According to date plaque, renovated 1880.The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volum Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Location: Part of exhibition display, Visitor Centre (30 August 2005). Fig. 18 not lettered (second from left at top). Described by Leask (1950, 40) as a ‘cross and base, 3 feet 8 inches [1.11m] high. Head a complete, solid ring with short projecting arms, a circular band in shallow relief surrounding cross with curved, equal […]

On high ground to E of Glenmore river. Infilled; whitethorn bush marks site. According to Power (1923, 23) well ‘covered overhead by a flagstone lintel five feet in length. “Rounds” are still made on St. John’s Eve, and thence to the end of June’.The abo Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

This natural spring well is marked by a lone bush on the W bank of a stream. It is dedicated to St. Brendan. In 1934 there was a low stone arch over the well which has since been removed (Appleyard 1985, 61; Ó Danachair 1958, 77). There is no indication Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

Beside field fence in boggy ground. Spring surrounded by rowan trees. 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 instances th Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

The following description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Ó Danachair (1955, 204) recorded the following details about this holy well; ‘St Munchin’s Well on 1889 25-inch O.S map. In Bruree village, behind the old village pump. No devotions now, but rounds were made within living memory. The water cured bad sto Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On E-facing slope of a slight rise. A spring well contained within an unroofed circular drystone chamber (D c. 2.25m) with a narrow entrance (Wth 0.3m) at N. Some collapse has occurred along E. Traditionally used as a penitential station. The above desc Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Some 7m SE of Teampall na Ceathrair Álainn (GA110-086001-). Known locally as Bullán na Ceathrair Álainn, it consists of a natural basin in the rock delimited by a drystone wall, oval in plan (0.85m by 0.45m), opening towards N. Numerous modern offerin Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On partially reclaimed low-lying pasture, to the S of a stream. The name ‘Ardneeve’ is a corruption of the Irish ‘Ard Naomh’ or ‘Chief Saint’, a title usually reserved for St Patrick (ITA Survey 1944). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded that the well c Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

At the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope with a small stream c. 30m to the W. An oval cairn (dims 9m NW-SE; 5.5m NE-SW; H 1m) has a small rectangular drystone well (dims 0.4m x 0.3m; D 0.25m) on the W side, which is still venerated. and a modern shrine. Monument Type: Ritual site […]

The following description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer