Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Aghanagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghanagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tober Mania
- Coordinates
- 54.03585, -8.33512
- SMR number
- SL040-170001-
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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
Mentioned in 1836 as ‘Tober Maine’ and associated with St Maine, who is said to have built the nearby monastery (SL040-171001-), and although the saint’s day was not remembered locally it was thought to be in August (OSL, 155-6). There are no visible remains of this holy well. In 1942-44 it was recorded that no pilgrimages had taken place to it within the memory of the oldest living resident and that there were no known cures (ITA). A stream flows SE from the well site to ‘O’Rourke’s Ford (SL040-170002-) c. 80m to the SSE. A saint’s stone (SL040-170003-) is said to have been nearby, adjacent to the stream.
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
- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fordunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.