Well

The National Monuments Service's description

At the S end of a large gently sloping meadow formerly accessible via a narrow trackway running east from Bailey Street on the N side of the town. The trackway is now barely discernible. The name Toberavoher obviously derives from the Irish - Tobar an bhothair 'well of the road'. Despite this appellation there is no tradition of any religious pilgrimage to the well or any historical references to suggest its antiquity or otherwise. Toberavoher lies on the N side of a choked stream with a second well now covered adjoining it on the S side. They are separated from each other by a drystone wall running E-W. Access from one to the other is via a narrow stile. Toberavoher was heavily overgrown with hawthorn and briars on the date visited. It is a small rectangular well (D 0.58m) enclosed on its N and S sides by drystone limestone walling and capped with a large flagstone lintel (H above well 1m; T 0.08cm). The well opening (Wth 0.9m) is on the W side and is accessed via a single step leading down from the S side. There is insufficient evidence to warrant its inclusion in the RMP as it is likely to be post-1700 AD in date.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011