Christian Sites

Situated to the E of a river valley and the N81. A holy well named on OS 1843 ed. as ‘Toberagh’. The former site of this well is along the entranceway to an Eastern Health Board Nursing Home. Ua Broin (1957, 45) suggested there may have been a number of Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

This road-side high cross stands c. 110m NW of Tully church (DU026-023003-). It is a plain granite ring-headed cross (H 2.34m by 0.9m across the ring) of c. 10th/11th-century date and is set into a cube-shaped base (H 2m); this was done sometime after 1860 (Corlett 2014, 100). There is a shingle design on the […]

In grassland atop low rise of ground with good views in all directions. Church (TS066-068001-) 20m to N and holy well (TS066-065—-) 257m to NW. An imperforate-ringed red-sandstone conlgomerate cross (H c. 1.65; T 0.26m) orienated E-W with arms protruding 15cm beyond the ring (diam. 0.4m) of the cross. The terminal of the N arm […]

National Monument No. 223. In 1837 the Ordnance Survey recorded the following about the location of Bealin High Cross; ‘On Cross hill in the parish of Ballyloughloe there is a curiously sculptured ancient cross said to have been removed thither from an old graveyard (WM029-009002-) in Twy [ford] by the father of the present Lord […]

Situated in the NW corner of the graveyard (WX041-008012-) associated with the present St. Munna’s Church of Ireland church that is probably on the site of the medieval parish church (WX041-007016-). The head of a granite cross is set on one of its side-arms in what was probably its original granite base, but it is […]

In the corner of a field, on a N-facing slope. A waterlogged muddy overgrown area and some moss-covered stones mark the site of the well. A local legend, recorded in 1836, told that the mother of Cormac Mac Airt gave birth to Cormac while collecting wate Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

At Crossbane church and graveyard site (CV040-021001-). Within the enclosure is the site of an infilled well (local information). Possibly the site of a holy well. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County C Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated c. 90m E of Scurlock’s Graveyard (WI005-027001-) on a gentle SE-facing slope c. 35m from the shore of the Blessington Reservoir. A spring feeding into a natural gully. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventor Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In pasture, on gentle slope beside stream. Concrete basin used as drinking trough for animals. According to O’Leary (1919, 84) ‘…as no votive offerings are to be seen, apparently “rounds” are no longer made’. O Murchadha (1967, 16) identifies this well Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

‘Well of the Two White Cats’: much venerated in former times,… now difficult to find’. (Roberts 1988). Site not located. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork’ (Dublin: Statio 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

In the base of the Crowagh River valley, on a broad U-shaped area of level, grassy ground defined by a meander in the river. Immediately to W of the river, the valley slope rises steeply to a plateau of blanket bog which stretching to the W. The well co Monument Type: Ritual site – holy […]