Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballyclery, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyclery
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobermacduagh
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobermacduagh
- Coordinates
- 53.14488, -8.92074
- SMR number
- GA113-010001-
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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 foot of a steep S-facing slope in rough pastureland. This spring well, named 'Tobermacduagh' on the OS 6-inch maps, is defined by an overgrown rectangular drystone chamber (L 3.7m; Wth 3.2m; H 0.9m). It is filled with stones and no relics or votive offerings were noted. When recorded by Fahey (1893, 112-3) the 'Turas' associated with it was still being observed. Circa 5m to the SE is a small cairn (6.5m E-W; 5m N-S; H 1m) surmounted by a cross (GA113-010002-) dated 1820. Two other covered spring wells lie c. 15m to the W and c. 22m to the SW respectively. (Kelly 1914, 115-16)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 2 January 2019
References
Kelly, R.J. 1914 Dungory Castle, Kinvarra. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 114-131.
Fahey, J.A. 1893 (Reprint 1986) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Kilmacduagh. Galway. Kenny Gallery.
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.