What is recorded here

Toberkeagh is a disused spring well in County Galway, Ireland, named on maps from 1838 and 1920. It sits in a hollow of rough pasture, enclosed by a low drystone wall with nine steps descending to the water. Two modern cattle troughs lie beside it, suggesting the well still serves local animals rather than human ritual. No holy claims attach to it, only the quiet fact that water still rises where stone was set long ago.

In a hollow in rough pasture and scrub. Named ‘Toberkeagh’ in Gothic script on the 1838 and 1920 editions of the OS 6-inch maps, this disused spring well (diam. 1.6m; D 2.1m) is enclosed by a low circular drystone wall opening to the N, where nine stone steps provide access down to the water. Two modern cattle water troughs lie immediately to the W and N. There are no indications that this was ever considered to be a holy well. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 19 December 2022

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