Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Tarmon East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tarmon East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobermartin
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobermartin
- Coordinates
- 52.54262, -9.35411
- SMR number
- KE003-052----
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
Marked on the 1841-42 and 1914 OS maps as Tobermartin' (Tobar Máirtín - St Martin's Well).
Situation and Description: This small clear well comprises a circular area constructed of drystone and flagstones. Close by the well are some thorn trees.
Rounds/Legends/Offerings: According to the OSNB (Vol 18), 'An individual was restored to health by being immersed therein'. This well is now used for domestic purposes.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 886. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Toal, C. 1995 North Kerry Archaeological Survey. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority.
OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.