Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Newtown (glynn), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (glynn)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobercronan
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobercronan
- Coordinates
- 53.05636, -8.86654
- SMR number
- GA122-121----
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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
On low-lying marshy ground immediately W of a small stream and c. 90m ESE of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA122-120001-). Named ‘Tobercronan’ on the 1838 and 1916 editions of the 6-inch OS maps. On inspection all that was visible was a muddy watering hole for livestock, with no structural features or votive offerings evident. However, its dedication to St Cronan and proximity to the ecclesiastical enclosure suggest that it was once regarded as a holy well.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 April 2023
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.