Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Moat, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moat
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberlaghteen
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberlaghteen
- Coordinates
- 52.73160, -7.38952
- SMR number
- KK013-025----
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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
On the roadside c. 20m S of the Nuenna river, on the flat valley floor. It is described in the OS Letters (1839) as, 'a large spring bubbling from the earth with considerable strength and rendered remarkable by a large aged ash tree which grows over it. It is dedicated to the Patron Saint Achadh Ur and called Tobar Laichtin but it is no longer regarded as a holy well. About fifty years ago old people were in the habit of performing Stations at it on every Saturday but Dr. Marum, R.C. Bishop of Ossory, abolished all those customs throughout the Diocese' (O'Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 188 (62)). Another source cites Dr. Kinsella as the Bishop who prohibited pilgrimages at St. Lactan's Well (Anon. 1891, 116). When visited in 1987 the well was enclosed by a relatively recent wall and was still regarded as a holy well.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 30 July 2019
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Kilkenny collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.
Anon. 1890-91 Proceedings Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 21, 116, 179-97.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.