Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Toberanania, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toberanania
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberanania
- Coordinates
- 54.20879, -8.33759
- SMR number
- SL021-037----
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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
In rough pasture, at the base of a S-facing slope. A small concave hollow (c. 2m across) scarped into the base of the slope, and bordered by a N-S field boundary at E, appears to mark the site of the well. It is engulfed in brambles and recent field-clearance activity has disturbed the surrounding ground. There is no evidence of recent veneration at this well. It was described during a previous site inspection in 1992 as a rectangular stone-lined well (Wth c. 0.2m; D 0.3m) covered with overgrowth (SMR (1989) file).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.