Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Termon, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Termon
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobercronan
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobercronan (1916)
- Coordinates
- 53.04533, -9.06088
- SMR number
- CL010-021005-
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
Situated at the base of a rock face c. 90m S of Templecronan church (CL010-021002-). Named ‘Tobercronan’ on the OS 6-inch maps. The rock face is at NE and the area around the well is concreted over. A small oval opening allows access to the water. Offerings of money are left at the well and rags are tied to adjacent branches. An irregular drystone wall encloses both the well and a penitential station (CL010-021013-) (dims. of enclosed area c. 7 x 9m). A small stile at NW provides access.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL010-021005-_01.jpg View of holy well from SW.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 18 October 2016
Nearby in the register
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.