What is recorded here

Boru-well is a spring feeding a pond beneath a steep Clare slope, yet locals understood the name as red cow rather than the famous king. Water still rises from the rock ledge, marking the place as a holy well where human devotion may have gathered long before maps imposed a royal identity.

At the bottom of a steep N-facing slope, beneath outcropping rock. Named ‘Brian Boru’s Well’ on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Referred to by Westropp (1905, 208) by its locally known name: ‘Boru-well’, which was understood only as meaning ‘red cow’. Listed as a Holy Well in the RMP (1996). A spring well rises from a niche in a ledge at the base of the outcropping rock and feeds a large pond (c. 10m E-W; c. 5m N-S) to its N, off which a stream flows to the NE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 23 June 2022

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.