Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ellagh Beg, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ellagh Beg
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberbreanal
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberbreanal
- Coordinates
- 54.08912, -9.02668
- SMR number
- MA040-032----
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
In a thicket of hazel and blackthorn, in the base of a steep-sided stream gully (Wth 6-8m; D c. 2m), on level ground c. 3m S of the W-flowing stream.
The well, named ‘Toberbreanal’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps, consists of a rectangular pit (1.1m NE−SW; 1.4m NW−SE; D 1m) with vertical, stone-faced sides, now largely moss-covered. There is an opening in the wall at the NW end, where two shallow steps lead down to the water. There is a penitential cairn (MA040-032001-) immediately to NE.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 15 May 2020
Nearby in the register
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.