Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cockhill, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cockhill
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobernaughtin
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobernaughtin
- Coordinates
- 52.56837, -9.41848
- SMR number
- KE003-018----
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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
This well is marked on the 1841-42 and 1914 OS maps as 'Tobernaughtin' (St Naughtin's Well).
Situation and Description: Originally this well was 'a small pool overhung by a clump of whitethorn trees' (O'Danachair, 1958, JRSAI 88, 153-164). All that remains today is a scattering of stones at the bottom of a hill.
Rounds/Legends/Offerings: Tobernaughtin was possibly connected to the nearby Kilnaughtin Church. According to the OSL, nothing could be gathered to prove 'which of the many saints of that name mentioned in the Irish calender, he was'. The water is now piped for cattle.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 882. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1958 The Holy Wells of North County Kerry. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 88, 153-63.
Toal, C. 1995 North Kerry Archaeological Survey. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.