
What is recorded here
Toberanure is a holy well in Tooreen (Dolla parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The 2002 inventory recorded a poorly preserved, dried-up natural spring in a hollow depression of marshy upland terrain. It measured 1.9 metres by 2 metres with a depth of 1.2 metres, possessed a dried channel on its north face, and showed no votive offerings at the time of that account.
Situated in a hollow depression in marshy terrain in an upland area. A poorly preserved dried-up natural unenclosed spring well (dims. 1.9m x 2m x 1.2m D) with a dried-up water channel exiting from the N face. No votive offerings visible.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
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- What survives
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