Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Toberrory, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toberrory
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberrory
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberrory
- Coordinates
- 53.80987, -8.29158
- SMR number
- RO022-056027-
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
On a shelf on the N-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge, and attached to a lay-by on the S side of a WNW-ESE public road. A rectangular well (dims 1.15m x 1.1m; D 0.5m) is surrounded by a concrete wall. There is no evidence of veneration. Rath (RO022-056029-) is c. 20m to the S and the site of the rectangular enclosure (RO022-056026-) is c. 80m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.