Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy tree/bush
Noughaval (burren By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Noughaval (burren By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.01600, -9.17882
- SMR number
- CL009-059128-
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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
Associated with a holy well (CL009-059026-) named 'Tobermogua'. Referred to by Westropp (1900-1902, 133) as a ‘holy tree’, which he described as ‘an uncouth and ancient ash tree’ (ibid., 1897, 117). According to local information, the old tree c. 1m to the W of the well is regarded as a holy tree. On inspection in May 1997, no votive offerings or rags were tied to it and local people did not recall ever seeing any on it. A medieval church (CL009-059023-) and graveyard (CL009-059024-) lie c. 80m to the SW.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 30 March 2022
References
Westropp, T.J. 1900-02 The churches of Co. Clare and the origin of the ecclesiastical divisions in that county. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Series 3, vol. 6, 100-180.
Westropp, T.J. 1896 Prehistoric stone forts of northern Clare, parts I & II. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries 26, 142-58, 362-9.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.