Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Eoghanacht, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eoghanacht
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberbrecan
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberbrecan
- Coordinates
- 53.14536, -9.77704
- SMR number
- GA110-023006-
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
Part of Na Seacht Teampaill. Some 10m E of a grave-plot (GA110-023005-) on a low bluff overlooking the monastic complex. This well, correctly Tobar Bhreacáin, consists of a natural bullán or rockpool in the limestone with a canopy of rough limestone blocks. Now disused (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. (Waddell 1973, 26, where misplaced; Robinson 1980)
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
References
Robinson, T. 1980 The Aran Islands, Co. Galway: a map and guide. Árainn. Published by the author.
Waddell, J. 1973 An archaeological survey of Temple Brecan, Aran. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 33, 5-27.
Nearby in the register
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Leachtunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.