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At a glance
- TypeRitual site - holy well
- Date or period mentioned19th century
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
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- No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
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History and description
Described as a 'Boiling Well' on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as Tobermuire - Mary's Well - on the 1940 ed. Situated at the bottom of a SE-facing slope, it is the source of a stream that runs off to the SW, but no well structure is visible. There is no physical evidence of veneration but it had been resorted to for eye ailments, although this had been long discontinued by 1940 (OSFM).
Full archaeological record 118 words
Described as a 'Boiling Well' on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as Tobermuire - Mary's Well - on the 1940 ed. Situated at the bottom of a SE-facing slope, it is the source of a stream that runs off to the SW, but no well structure is visible. There is no physical evidence of veneration but it had been resorted to for eye ailments, although this had been long discontinued by 1940 (OSFM). Archaeological testing (05E0901) in the vicinity produced evidence of a brickworks in the area just N of the Holy well. There is no record of a brick works here, and it is presumably 18th or 19th century in date. (Delaney 2008)
References
- Dtae of upload: 15 March 2012
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Michael Moore. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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