Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Pookeen (carbery West (e.d) By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Pookeen (carbery West (e.d) By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.50877, -9.30658
- SMR number
- CO150-008001-
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
On the W side of a road leading through Knockomagh Wood, on the N side of Lough Hyne. The well (1m E-W; 0.85m N-S; D 0.2m) is known as 'Tobarín na súl' (the well of the eyes). It is enclosed by a moss and ivy-covered U-shaped stone wall (H 0.8m) on three sides and is open to the E, facing a path. A variety of religious and personal items including rosary beads have been placed on the wall. Pieces of cloth hang from the mountain ash tree on the W side of the well. According to Roberts (1988), this well and another (CO150-008----) called 'Shour Well' c. 50m to the N, are both dedicated to St Brigit.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Three images 2, 3 and 4 provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.