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Ritual site - holy well

Caherclogh, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Caherclogh, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Caherclogh
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Halfpenny Well
Coordinates
52.40008, -7.71220
SMR number
TS077-032----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On E bank of stream which is flowing N-S, in very wet, marshy terrain, heavily overgrown with scrub and brambles. There is a steep cliff with bedrock exposed immediately E of the well and pool. There is no visible well structure. The NE corner of the pool, where the well is located on the 2nd (1906) ed. OS 6-inch map, is particularly heavily overgrown. The pool (dims. 10m x 20m; D c. 0.1m) is very stoney. The well is mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6) by its Irish name 'the well of Toburnelaffinnyny' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 295) an anglicised spelling of Tober leath-phingin. According to Power (1907, 309) this was 'a well-known holy well formerly much resorted to and still occasionally visited devotionally. The name is due, presumably, to the number of halfpenny votive offerings'.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

Power, Rev. P. 1907 Place names of the Decies. WAJ. 10, 14- ?, 88-134, 184-240, 263-310.

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1931 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol I: county of Tipperary: eastern and southern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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