Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Dumhaigh Mhór, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dumhaigh Mhór
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Turras Davaddog
- Latest-edition OS map
- Turras Davaddog
- Coordinates
- 55.22859, -7.75793
- SMR number
- DG008-015----
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 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A holy well known as Turas Davaddog. A pool of water fed by a spring. A stream runs to the S from the well and there is a graveyard (DG008-016----) 25m to the S. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as 'Turus Davaddog, at Tobar Dhumha Mhoir, south-west of Cashel N. S., in Fanad. Stations are made any time, but most usually on St. Patrick's Day and 15th August' (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 154). (Ó Muirgheasa No. 71)
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Compiled by Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: 02 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.