Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Dromore (dunkerron South By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromore (dunkerron South By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberagrahig
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberagrahig
- Coordinates
- 51.85365, -9.73117
- SMR number
- KE092-030----
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
Toberagrahig/Tobar an Ghrathaigh: Located in sloping woodland on the N shore of Kenmare Bay, this is a rock-cut hemispherical hollow, .4m in diameter. It is locally regarded as a holy well and curative powers are attributed to its waters. The OSNB recorded that rounds were made here on Saturdays (Templeno, 46), while the IFC Schools' Collection indicated that it was visited on Good Friday.
See attached colour photographs 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. 1067. 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.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.