Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Parkroe (clarinbridge Ed), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Parkroe (clarinbridge Ed)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberroe
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberroe
- Coordinates
- 53.25468, -8.91529
- SMR number
- GA095-115----
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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 the E limits of an area of rocky scrub and marshland, and to the S of a former cluster of houses. Named 'Toberroe' in Gothic script on the 1838 and 1920 editions of the OS 6-inch maps, this well consists of a rectangular subterranean drystone chamber (L 3.4m; Wth 0.75m) constructed of rounded limestones (L 0.5m max.) and roofed by three stone lintels. Access is gained via a series of steps. On inspection, the water was approximately 1m deep. The well appeared to be disused and was overgrown with thorns and brambles. No evidence of any religious association was noted and, according to local information, the well was only ever used to provide domestic water (SMR file).
Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 May 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.