Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Gowlaunlee, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gowlaunlee
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberfeheen
- Coordinates
- 53.54537, -9.72398
- SMR number
- GA024-003----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Close to the saddle-point of Mám Tuirc, the northern of the three mountain passes from Joyce Country into Connemara proper. Known locally as Tobar Feichín, it consists of a natural spring, the source of the stream running E into Gleann Glaise. It is covered by a small, but collapsed, stone structure and there is a small cairn beside it to E. Noted by O'Flaherty in 1684 (Hardiman 1846, 121) (info. T. Robinson). Not visited.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure1 mi
- Hut site1 mi
- Children's burial ground1 mi
- Ringfort - rath2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.