Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Toberbride, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toberbride
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberbride (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 54.17551, -8.48447
- SMR number
- SL026-026003-
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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
Indicated on the 1913 OS 6-inch map at the S end of a rath (SL026-026001-). No remains of the well were positively identified though at the S terminal of the scarp of the rath, a large slab is visible in the scarp face and at the base of the scarp the ground is wet and boggy. This may be the remains of the well. In 1836 it was recorded that the 'patron day' of the parish is 1st of February, St Brigid's Day (OSL, 375). A penitential cairn (SL026-026004-) recorded by O'Rorke (1878, 241) in the immediate vicinity was not located.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.