Christian Sites

Between Main St, Oughterard, to S and Owenriff River to N. This well was indicated on 1st ed. of OS but was evidently gone by time of 2nd ed. (1899), when the words ‘Site of’ were appended. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is der Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

St Patrick’s Well, just N of the cathedral (RO016-127002-), was enclosed in a masonry pier (dims 0.8m x 0.8m; H 0.8m) in the 19th century. It was re-established in 1984, enclosed in its pier and provided with a patio, at which time a large stone (RO016-1 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

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Situated in a low-lying flat poorly drained land, with stream 15m to S. Foyran Church (WM001-042—-) and graveyard (WM001-042001-) 500m to ENE. Only a shallow marshy depression (diam. 3m) marks the site of the well marked as ‘The Rose Well’ on the 191 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

In wooded glen on W side of Aghmarta demesne. Overgrown; unable to locate. O’Leary (1919, 83) places well in Aghmarta townland and notes …’Short Little Well, of which, there is now no trace. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeo Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Marked on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps as ‘Friar’s Well’. The site cannot now be pin-pointed. It was located at the base of a schist cliff along the coast. The above description was derived from the ‘Archaeological Survey of County Don Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

Situated on Friars Island which was submerged during the Shannon Hydroelectric scheme in 1929. The well was situated at the N end of the island with a church (TN025-022001) to the S. The above description is derived from ‘The Archaeological Inventory of Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Jackson(1979-80, 147) states that this site was regarded locally as a holy well. It is named ‘Furan Well’ on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map (the name being derived from ‘fuar’- cold: see also Fuaran holy well in Boghall Td (KD031-001—-)) and s Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

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

A small roughly circular spring well with remains of drystone facing. Situated at the foot of a hillock. A second holy well (CV039-052—-) lies 80m to NNE. The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan’ ( Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

High Cross located in Fermanagh.

Marked on the 1912 ‘OS 6-inch’ map as ‘Toberanelshy’. Also referred to as ‘Tober an Eleshy’ (Stubbs 1908, 40). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 July 2012 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer