What is recorded here

Holy wells have long given clean water, quiet company and a reason to remember the names of dead people. Tubber Mhuire stands in Kircubbin, County Down, carrying that old Irish name into ordinary local life. People may have visited the well for drinking water, healing hope, prayer or simply a pause from the road. Even without a clear date, the name and place suggest a small sacred point where human memory still touches the land.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HOLY WELL: TUBBER MHUIRE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Linked to St. Muire, this holy well is traditionally associated with healing and spiritual purification. The name "Tubber Mhuire" (Well of Mary) suggests a possible Christianisation of an earlier Celtic or pagan site, common in many Irish holy wells.

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