Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Toberlownagh, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toberlownagh
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberlownagh
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberlownagh
- Coordinates
- 52.80971, -6.35109
- SMR number
- WI039-023----
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
Unenclosed spring situated on a steep rocky W-facing slope. The name means 'well of new milk' (leamhnacht), and may refer to a tradition associated with some wells around the country, that the well gave milk during the Famine. However, the name Tibberlanaghte is attested since 1570 (See logainm.ie accessed 09/05/2019), and might derive from the presence of calcium or chalk giving it a milky white colour (pers. com. Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich 09/05/2019).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Amended by Michael Moore
Date of revision: 9 May 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.