Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Coolnaha South, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnaha South
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Thubberthana
- Coordinates
- 53.80337, -8.76000
- SMR number
- MA093-014006-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located in a natural depression overshadowed c. 20m to NW by a ridge, on top of which is an ecclesiastical enclosure (MA093-014001-) which encloses a ringfort (MA093-014005-), a children’s burial ground (MA093-014002-) and bullaun stone (MA093-014003-). To E-SE of the well, is a flat, lowlying expanse of damp pasture, now planted with forestry.
This holy well is named ‘Tubberthana’ on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. It consists of a roughly rectangular pool (4m N–S; 2m E–W) fed by a natural spring. At the time of visit, the pool was choked with pond weed, and was enclosed by a post and wire fence. A field drain carries outflow to the W through the forestry.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 14 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Water mill - horizontal-wheeledunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.