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At a glance
- TypeRitual site - holy well
What to look for
- Cross or cross-slab
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
In wet marshy pasture, at the base of the ENE-facing slope of a ridge to the rear of the disused creamery at Castlebaldwin. This is the centremost of three adjacent holy wells with Tober Bride (SL034-186001-) c. 12m to NW and Tober Patrick (SL034-186003-) c. 2m to SE. A concrete tank over a modern pipe covers the well which is filled with water flowing from Tobar Bride.
Full archaeological record 126 words
In wet marshy pasture, at the base of the ENE-facing slope of a ridge to the rear of the disused creamery at Castlebaldwin. This is the centremost of three adjacent holy wells with Tober Bride (SL034-186001-) c. 12m to NW and Tober Patrick (SL034-186003-) c. 2m to SE. A concrete tank over a modern pipe covers the well which is filled with water flowing from Tobar Bride. Prof. R. A. S. Macalister (d. 1950), in an undated report, recorded the story that when a great ash tree which grew at the wells was blown down it was said that the sign of the cross was found 'rudely branded in the fractured section of the wood' (SMR (1989) file). According to local information, stations were held here.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 18 January 2008 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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- TobernagraniaRitual site - holy well · Lahardan · 3.8 km · official record
In a hollow, on a W-facing slope. A spring well enclosed by a concrete covering. There is no evidence of recent veneration at this well.
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