Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Béal An Daingin, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Béal An Daingin
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.32333, -9.61268
- SMR number
- GA078-003----
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At An Baile Láir under a small E-facing scarp. Known locally as Tobar Ann, it consists of a small natural spring with a recent concrete surround and a cross. It is associated with a story of a woman who was told she would find forgiveness for her sins in the spot where her candle didn't blow out. After visiting all the holy places of Ireland, her candle remained alight here throughout a terrible storm of wind (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
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well2 mi
- Ritual site - holy well2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.