Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Abbeyville Or Ardlaherty, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyville Or Ardlaherty
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tober Bride
- Coordinates
- 54.05820, -8.49604
- SMR number
- SL039-020----
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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 pasture, at the base of a gradual NW-facing slope. A spring well appears to be located within an area (c. 3m NW-SE; c. 4m NE-SW) of grass-covered waterlogged ground bordered to SW by a low bedrock facade (L c. 2m; H 1m). There is no evidence of recent veneration at this well. In 1942-4 it was recorded that no pilgrimages had been made to it in the memory of the oldest inhabitants (ITA). In 1836 it was recorded that the well was known as 'Tobar na Naomh by the inhabitants of the surrounding townland' but in Abbeyville it was known as 'St. Bridget's well or Tobar Naomh Bríghde' (OSL, 148). It was also noted in 1836 that while there were no 'stations' then held at the well, they had been held there at one time (OSNB vol. 1, 351).
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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.