Toberinneenboy

At the W end of a small hollow in an area of level karstic pavement. Marked and named ‘Toberinneenboy’ on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Westropp (1900-1902, 109) recorded a tradition that this well was dedicated to ‘Inghean Baoith’ (Iníon Baoith), the patron saint of the neighbouring parish of Kilnaboy, but more recently it appears to have been associated with St Colman (Brew 1998, 57). This holy well comprises a natural bedrock basin (L 1.1m; Wth 1.05m) surrounded by a damaged circular drystone wall which incorporates large stones. The wall (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.8m; Wth 0.7m) remains upstanding only at the W, and is partly intact from W to N; elsewhere it has fallen and partly obscures the well (Kirby 2021). A narrow rock-cut channel (Wth 0.5m) extends E from the well. During an inspection in 2000 a lead/pewter crucifix was found on the wall at the W, and there were some coins amongst the stones. Just W of the well is a suboval penitential cairn (CL011-006001-).