Ritual site - holy well

The National Monuments Service's description

On a low ridge to the E of a N-S running stream that has been dredged. Named ‘Tobermacduagh’ on the 1838 and 1933 editions of the OS 6-inch maps and depicted on the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) as a rectangular well located on the SSW edge of a small subcircular mound (c. 6.3m E-W; c. 4.5m N-S), which was surrounded by a ring of boulders. On inspection, the well (1.83m E-W; 0.96m N-S) was enclosed by a drystone wall (H 1.1m) that was partially collapsed on the W side. It occupied the S sector of an earthen mound, which was on the ridge. Piles of stones were visible around the mound. It was unclear if these were the result of field clearance or a feature associated with the well. Dredged material from the stream has been banked along its E bank, between the stream and the well. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 6).

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 9 January 2023

References

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Galway collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Typescript in 3 vols. Bray.