Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Fore, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fore
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberfoolagh
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberfoolagh (site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.68225, -7.22012
- SMR number
- WM004-035013-
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
Possible holy well depicted as 'Toberfoolagh' on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch and on the 1910 revised OS 6-inch map as 'Toberfoolagh (Site of)' suggesting that the well was levelled or filled in between these dates. The site of the well was described in 1985 as a 'low grassy knoll with a hollow in the centre' (Bradley et. al. 1985, 94).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 25 November 2013
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H. 1985 Urban archaeological survey - county Westmeath. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.