Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kilbride (gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbride (gallen By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberbride
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberbride (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.93753, -8.94305
- SMR number
- MA062-083----
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on the SE outskirts of Swinford town. This holy well is shown on the 1838 edition OS 6-inch map, where it is named ‘Toberbride’; on the 1919 edition the location is marked as ‘Toberbride (Site of)’. There is no visible trace of the well.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 22 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.