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At a glance
- TypeRitual site - holy well
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
Can you visit?
- No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
- Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
History and description
Immediately S of a public road. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900 revision as 'Tobernanaspog'.
Full archaeological record 38 words
Immediately S of a public road. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900 revision as 'Tobernanaspog'. Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 361) mentions this well as, 'Tubbernanaspug, or the Well of the Bishops'.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Jean Farrelly · Updated 23 November 2020. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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- Freneystown CastleCastle - tower house · Freneystown · 2.4 km · official record
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