Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Tieraclea Upper, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tieraclea Upper
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberteh
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberteh
- Coordinates
- 52.56124, -9.36471
- SMR number
- KE003-025----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Marked on the 1841-42 and 1914 OS maps as 'Toberteh' (Tobar Te).
Situation and Description: No surface trace of this well survives today. According to OSNB, the well derived its name (Toberte - hot water) 'from its quality being so remarkably warm that neither frost or snow is ever seen in the circle about 10 yards in diameter'.
Rounds/Legends/Offerings: No tradition survives.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 887. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
References
Toal, C. 1995 North Kerry Archaeological Survey. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.