What is recorded here

Toberdowney, Toberdoney, Toberdony or Noli Me Tangere: one water, several names, and a warning hidden inside the last. The well stands in County Antrim, recorded without a firm date, its identity carried more in legend than survey. People may have drunk from it, avoided it, or argued about whose saint it belonged to. The changing name suggests the place resisted a single explanation, as if the water itself would not be owned.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HOLY WELL: TOBERDOWNEY or TOBERDOWNY or TOBERDONY or NOLI ME TANGERE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Linked to the Latin phrase "Noli me tangere" ("Touch me not"), the well is associated with the Easter tradition and the appearance of the risen Christ to Mary Magdalene. It may have been a site of early Christian pilgrimage or ritual, reflecting themes of resurrection and spiritual renewal in local folklore.

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