Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cahernamart, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahernamart
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberavower
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberavower
- Coordinates
- 53.79584, -9.52893
- SMR number
- MA088-032----
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the SW edge of Westport town. This road-side, spring well is named ‘Toberavower’ on the OS 6-inch maps. It is enclosed by a cement-bonded stone structure (1.3m by 0.8m), open to the W, with a lean-to roof, dating to the modern era. There are no known local traditions associating it with a saint or ritual activities. Its status as a holy well is uncertain.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Monumental structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.