Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Curraghreigh North, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghreigh North
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tober a Fearna
- Coordinates
- 52.11880, -7.97750
- SMR number
- WA028-010----
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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
Situated on a N-facing slope close to a stream. Named as Tober na Feárna only on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Regarded as having a cure for sore eyes (Power 1952, 42), the well is now enclosed by a concrete surround with railings.
Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 26 July 2011
References
Power, P. 1952 The placenames of the Decies (second ed.). Cork University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassified1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassified1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.