Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahersiveen
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobarnacrohaneeve
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobarnacrohaneeve
- Coordinates
- 51.94521, -10.22830
- SMR number
- KE079-038----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Tobernacrohaneeve/Tobar na Croiche Naofa: This slablined holy well is located between two houses on the S side of West Main Street, Cahersiveen. It is covered by a relatively modern structure which is surmounted by an iron cross. A modern pump stands in front of the well. The OSNB recorded that a pattern was formerly held here on the 14th of September, and that rounds were also performed at the well on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings (Caher, 46).
See attached photographs of holy well courtesy of Amanda Clarke.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1057. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
References
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.