What is recorded here

Lenamore holds Tobar na Glinn, a hidden holy well beneath a low mound of limestone pebbles. A crudely carved sandstone cross still breaks the grass above it, marking the water below. Nearby, a small flat-topped stone mound waits like a forgotten kneeling place, while an old ringfort and burial ground remain a short distance away. The well is no longer open, but the cross and local memory keep its name alive in the grassland.

At the base of an esker ridge in grassland. A SE-NW running stream runs to W. According to local tradition, there was a holy well called Tobar na Glinn here. It has been covered up by a low irregular mound of limestone pebbles. A crudely carved sandstone cross fragment (L 0.79m, Wth 0.39m) occupies the top of the mound. A circular flat-topped grassed-over mound of stones (D c. 0.2m), locally believed to be a penitential station, lies c. 30m to SW. A ringfort (GA016-094----) and a CBG (GA016-094001-) lie a short distance to WSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Linked to local tradition rather than a specific saint, the well at Tobar na Glinn was likely used for healing or ritual purification, as was common with many holy wells in Ireland. The covering of the well with a limestone mound may reflect a historical attempt to obscure or protect the site during periods of religious suppression.

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