Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Carrowkeel (athlone North By., Lackan Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowkeel (athlone North By., Lackan Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberlargan
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberlargan
- Coordinates
- 53.52959, -8.13243
- SMR number
- RO045-075001-
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
Marked on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in italic lettering on both as 'Toberlargan'. Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Described as a stone-lined well with the slight foundations of a stone structure (RO045-075003-) nearby (Gannon 1972), it is now a water-filled depression with one lintel stone in position and surrounded by loose stones. A damaged limestone stoup (diam. c. 0.35m) with a carved head on one side (Siggins 1990, 46-7), which probably came from Rahara church (RO-045-077001-) c. 800m to SSW but which was kept here, is now in Roscommon County Museum. The head is one of an original three that would have represented the Holy Trinity (Siggins 2016).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Siggins, A. 1990 Heads and tails of stone. Journal of the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 3, 45-8.
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
Siggins, A. 2016 A Holy Trinity baptismal font from Rahara Medieval parish church. . Journal of the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society, vol. 13, 131-135.
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.