Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Knockanrawley, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockanrawley
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Bridgets Well or Toberbreda
- Coordinates
- 52.47429, -8.15497
- SMR number
- TS067-005----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
At E end of Tipperary town, in the yard of corporation houses on the S side of Father Matthew Street, off S side of Main Street. Named on current OS 6-inch map as 'St Bridget's Well or Toberbreda'. It is incorporated into W side of wall of restaurant building. Circular well (diam. 1.7m) defined by random rubble stone wall (ext. H 0.4m above pavement) bonded with a cement based mortar. Upper courses of wall truncated in E segment by wall of building. Interior of shaft lined with rubble stone and bonded with lime based mortar. Full depth of well not determined. Water source possibly blocked as stagnant water is at a depth of c. 2.5m below top of well shaft. Iron grate fixed into place over opening of shaft.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
- Schoolunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.