Christian Sites

Unlocated holy well within the townland of Dunagard, listed by Ó Muirgheasa as well no. 102 (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 159). Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as, ‘On the hill of Cnoc a’ Loch, north of Malin, and very near Malin Head, is a small lake dedica Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

Situated at a knoll of rock outcrop on the undulating summit of a broad hill. This is a sub-triangular piece of rock outcrop (dims 13m NW-SE; 8.5m NE-SW at NW; H 1-1.2m) with the apex at SE where it is grass-covered. At the N angle there is an indentation (dims 2.3m NW-SE; 0.9m NE-SW) with […]

Square depression (Wth c. 2m) filled with water, from which flows a stream. Said never to run dry. No longer in holy use. ‘Toberaleen – Tober a’Lin (well of the flax)’ (O’Donoghue 1986, 9).The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeologic Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Situated in a low cliff overlooking the sea-cliff to the E. Described in OS Name Books as a natural spring just above the high water mark. Now dried up; there is no surviving local tradition. According to Lynch (1994, 638) this well was described in the Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Knights Templar castle purportedly built 1183 by John de Courcy; in their possession until 1313; granted to the prior of Down

Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. The well is contained within a concrete shore and covered by a manhole. It is named on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as ‘St Kevin’s Well’. The OS Letters state that a pattern was held here on the 24th of June until 1798. Af Monument Type: Ritual site – […]

Fitzgerald (1930, 87) recorded field called ‘”Slaunlaun” (the healing) ‘near Dunisky church and graveyard (CO083-013001-), where ‘holy well is said to have existed’ with ‘great healing powers’; no trace of well found by Fitzgerald. Exact location not kno Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

purported Knights Templar founded 1300; dissolved 1308

Shallow water-filled depression surrounded by stones, recessed into natural slope. No longer in holy use. O’Donoghue (1986, 1) states that well was said to cure insanity or mental ailments.The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeologic Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

According to O’Donoghue (1986, 7) ‘at the west of the townland is Tobernasool’. Unable to locate. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In ce Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

On wet ground at the W foot of a pasture spur, from which gravel was being extracted in 1993 (SMR file). Not indicated on the 1st.ed.(1838) of the OS 6-inch map. A poorly preserved, un-roofed, partially collapsed, roughly triangular, stone-lined spring ( 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