Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Carstown (ferrard By; Ballymakenny Par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carstown (ferrard By; Ballymakenny Par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobershowney (Covered)
- Coordinates
- 53.75641, -6.34378
- SMR number
- LH021-044----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked on the 1912 'OS 6-inch' map as 'Tobershowney (Covered)'. When inspected by ASI in 1967, a rectangular pool (1.50m x 0.86m) with a stagnant stream leading S from it was noted. It was enclosed and arched over by brick walling but open at the front. It was once believed to have cured all diseases (IFC Schools' Mss 678, 146; 678, 193).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 July 2012
References
IFC Schools' MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts. Department of Folklore. University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Stone headunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Stone headunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.