What is recorded here

No visible marker remains. In Cathair Scoilbín, a cross-inscribed stone stood beside a spring, recorded as a possible holy well before the slab and clear trace of the water disappeared from local memory. What is left is a hidden origin: a place where people marked clean water with a cross, then lost the stone, the boundary and the reason for the marking.

A spring well (KE034-142001-) over which there was an upright slab with an incised cross-and-circle (Ó Danachair 1960, 77). There is a vague tradition that this was a holy well. There is no trace of a well or a cross-slab at the location indicated by Ó Danachair. However, the well marked on the 2nd edition of the OS map about 100m to W may be the one in question. This is now surrounded with a modern concrete tank and there is no trace or local knowledge of a cross-slab. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 930. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

Probably dating to the early Christian period, the cross-and-circle carving may have had both religious and ritual significance, possibly associated with a holy well tradition. Such stones often marked sacred or healing sites linked to local folklore and Christian practice.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.