Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Fán, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fán
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobermurry
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobermurry
- Coordinates
- 52.10697, -10.41334
- SMR number
- KE052-264----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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
Tobermurry/Tobar Mhuire [Mary's Well]: A natural spring which is regarded as a holy well; no other tradition survives (Ó Danachair 1960, 70).
Ó Danachair (1960, 70) recorded the following details about this well; 'A spring gushing from the rocks of a rough watercourse. Known to have been a holy well but no other tradition survives'.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 933. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
Ó Danachair, C. 1960 The Holy Wells of Corkaguiney, Co. Kerry. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 67-78.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.