Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Inis Bó Finne, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inis Bó Finne
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberglassan
- Coordinates
- 55.17824, -8.16967
- SMR number
- DG014-004----
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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
The holy well known as Toberglassan has apparently been eroded by the sea. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as 'There was a Tobar Glas Colmcille on Inis-bo-fiine, but its site has been eroded by the action of the sea, and the well has disappeared' (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 152-3). (Ó Muirgheasa no. 53).
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
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Church1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.