Tober Bride

In pasture, at the base of a gradual NW-facing slope. A spring well appears to be located within an area (c. 3m NW-SE; c. 4m NE-SW) of grass-covered waterlogged ground bordered to SW by a low bedrock facade (L c. 2m; H 1m). There is no evidence of recent veneration at this well. In 1942-4 it was recorded that no pilgrimages had been made to it in the memory of the oldest inhabitants (ITA). In 1836 it was recorded that the well was known as 'Tobar na Naomh by the inhabitants of the surrounding townland' but in Abbeyville it was known as 'St. Bridget's well or Tobar Naomh Bríghde' (OSL, 148). It was also noted in 1836 that while there were no 'stations' then held at the well, they had been held there at one time (OSNB vol. 1, 351).