Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Tawnyinah Lower, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tawnyinah Lower
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberbanon
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberbanon
- Coordinates
- 53.91593, -8.77362
- SMR number
- MA073-003----
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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 poor, rough pasture, planted with coniferous forestry, located adjacent to a small stream.
This holy well is named ‘Toberbannon’ on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. It is a small subcircular pool (Wth c. 1.7m; D 0.4-0.5m), which at the time of inspection held little water and was obscured by a dense growth of water cress. Stones can be felt beneath the overgrowth along the sides of the pool but it is unclear if they are the remains of an enclosing wall. A short channel connects the well with the stream at S.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 2 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.