Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Tooreen North, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooreen North
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberlan (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.05638, -8.56128
- SMR number
- CO042-081----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On W side of road; access by path from road. Well, from which stream rises, marked by two rag-covered trees; some coins at base. Visited in the past on 23rd June (St John's Eve); now rarely venerated.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pair1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.