Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballyharrahan, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyharrahan
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tobernabraher
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobar na mBráthar
- Coordinates
- 52.05942, -7.64752
- SMR number
- WA036-003----
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
Located in pasture towards the bottom of a N-facing slope. It is described as Tobar na mBráthar - the Brothers' Well - on the 1840 and 1926 eds of the OS 6-inch map. This is a small drystone well (diam. 1.8m), which was venerated (OS Name Books) but is now almost completely back-filled. Traces of a channel (L 2.2m) run W from the well.
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.
Date of upload/revision: 6th October, 2011
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.