Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Lettermore (kilannin Par.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lettermore (kilannin Par.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29350, -9.64155
- SMR number
- GA078-015----
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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
Near LWM on W side of Cuan an Fhir Mhóir. Known locally as Tobar Cholmcille, it consists of a natural pothole (D 0.3m) which is said to have had a lid inscribed with the saint's name, but it was broken by 'the sappers, the soupers, the Tans or some other lot like them' (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.