Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
An Cheathrú Rua Thiar, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Cheathrú Rua Thiar
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29541, -9.60011
- SMR number
- GA078-005----
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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 seashore at An Tuairín Mín, on N bank of a stream. Known locally as Tobar Naomh Thomáis, it consists of a small natural spring with a roughly built stone shrine beside it. Visited on 20th December: it is reputed to have had a cure for eyes (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
- Ritual site - holy well2 mi
- Mill - unclassified2 mi
- Ritual site - holy well2 mi
- Children's burial ground2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.