Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Formoyle West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Formoyle West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.10635, -9.23675
- SMR number
- CL005-005002-
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 rough pasture at the SE foot of a low but steep-sided ridge, c. 60m to the W of the Caher River. Indicated and named ‘Tobar Bhrain’ on Robinson’s (1977) map. Not visible at ground level. Formoyle Chapel (CL005-005001-) lies c. 130m to the SSE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Olive Alcock and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 28 September 2021
References
Robinson, T. 1977 (revised 1999) The Burren: a two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare. Map scale 1:31680. Roundstone: Folding Landscapes.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.