Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballyelly, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyelly
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberanahircallough (1915)
- Coordinates
- 53.09176, -9.26850
- SMR number
- CL004-016020-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a hollow on high ground within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL004-016001-). Overlooked by higher ground to the S. Named ‘Toberanahircallough’ on the 1915 OS 6-inch map.
A holy well with an opening (c. 2m x 0.8m) to the SW. An underground stream (D 1.4-1.8m) flows through the well from E to W. Much of the roof, walls and floor of the well are natural but it may have been built up at the S. It is accessed by steps at SW and was still in use on field inspection in 1998. A modern circular pillar with a concrete cross stands to the NE and three irregular limestone slabs have been erected to the N.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL004-016020-_01.jpg View of well from SW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack
Date of upload: 10 August 2022
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.