Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Baile Iarthach Thuaidh (cléire), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Iarthach Thuaidh (cléire)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberkieran (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.43989, -9.50532
- SMR number
- CO153-018002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Shown on 2 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1769 "Nieuwe kaart van Ierland / I. Condet sculp." (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On shoreline, covered by tide at high water, 'yet on its receding, the water ... is found perfectly fresh' (Burke 1908, 119). Now modernised, surrounding area reclaimed. Steps down into well; concrete cover and lining. Cross slab (CO153-018001-) stands beside well. Still in holy use. Said to have been visited on Saturdays and Sundays and on St Kieran's Day (5 March) (OS Name Books).
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
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.