Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Erris, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Erris
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobernadrinney
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobernadriney
- Coordinates
- 53.97394, -8.27246
- SMR number
- RO006-083003-
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
At the base of a terrace of rock-outcrop c. 40m NW of Templenadriney church (RO006-083001-). D-shaped depression (dims 2m NW-SE; 1.4m NE-SW; D 1.8-2m) whose upper section is revetted by a drystone wall (Wth 0.5-1m) and the lower part is cut into the natural rock. An outlet flows NNE, but there is no evidence of veneration. Archaeological testing c. 50m to the W in 1999 and c. 170m to NW in 2004 failed to produce any archaeological material (Connolly 2000; Henry 2007). (D'Alton 1845, 72-5)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
D'Alton, J. 1845 The history of Ireland: from the earliest period to the year 1245. 2 vol. Dublin, Author.
Connolly, A. 2000 Warren or Drum: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 271, No. 777. Bray. Wordwell.
Henry, M. 2007 Drum or Warren: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 377, No. 1458. Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.