Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kilbrown, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbrown
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobereenbrown (1842)
- Coordinates
- 51.50743, -9.72967
- SMR number
- CO147-006001-
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 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, 20m NW of early ecclesiastical enclosure (CO147-006002-). Well now encased in concrete; no longer in holy use. Known as 'Toberairin Broin (St. Brone's well)'. (O'Donoghue 1986, 5).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.