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At a glance
- TypeRitual site - holy well
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- Offerings left
- Pattern day
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
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in italic lettering as Toberbaun – the White Well, which is probably a mis-representation of Tober Abban.
Full archaeological record 156 words
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in italic lettering as Toberbaun – the White Well, which is probably a mis-representation of Tober Abban. It is known locally as St. Abban’s Well or the bubbling well, and it is situated in a low-lying area with a N-S stream c. 50m to the W and a NE-SW stream c. 80m to the SE. It is a natural spring (diam. c. 1m; D c. 0.4m) with a drystone wall surround, but a wall of concrete blocks dressed with quartz pebbles is built over the drystone walling. The well is open to the E where a small stream runs off to the S. There are two seats nearby and coins in the well, with a tree growing over it. There is no record of a pattern, although an annual Mass is celebrated at the well around the end of August.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Michael Moore · Updated 27 August, 2012. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
Folklore and traditions
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