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At a glance
- TypeRitual site - holy well
- Recorded sizeW 0.55m; L 1.2m
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
Situated c. 70m SE of the abbey buildings at Corcomroe (CL003-029002-) just inside the line of the enclosing wall (CL003-029001-) and named ‘Tobersheela’on the 1915 OS 6-inch map.
Full archaeological record 84 words
Situated c. 70m SE of the abbey buildings at Corcomroe (CL003-029002-) just inside the line of the enclosing wall (CL003-029001-) and named ‘Tobersheela’on the 1915 OS 6-inch map. Two small rectangular rock-cut pools (D of water 0.3m; N pool: 1.4m E-W; 0.9m N-S; S pool: 1.15m E-W; 1.6m N-S) separated by an apparently set limestone block (Wth 0.55m; L 1.2m) and feeding a small stream to SW. Fenced off with barbed wire and wooden posts set in concrete and used as a watering hole.
References
- This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1986).
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Gearóid Conroy and Mary Tunney · Updated 21 April 2015. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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