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Ritual site - holy well

Toberlownagh, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Toberlownagh, County Wicklow, 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
Toberlownagh
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Toberlownagh
Latest-edition OS map
Toberlownagh
Coordinates
52.80971, -6.35109
SMR number
WI039-023----

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

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

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