Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Tobermalug, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tobermalug
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobermalug (now dry)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobermalug (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.61351, -8.48820
- SMR number
- LI014-035----
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
Situated at the base of a SE facing slope in very uneven, poorly drained pasture, with good views in all directions. Several small boulders are visible set into the ground in a slight depression (3.3m N-S; 2m E-W). According to Lynch (1911-13), 'a small, much dilapidated ulaidh or altar, was destroyed [here] being supposed to be a heap of old stones'; according to Ó Danachair (1955, 202) 'there are no traditions' associated with the well.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 19 June 2013
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1955 The Holy Wells of County Limerick Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 85, 193-217
Lynch, J. F. 1911-13 Notes on Place Names in North East of County Limerick, North Munster Antiquaries Journal 2, 23-28
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.