What is recorded here

Piped spring on the edge of a natural platform, situated on the slope of a stream valley. There are no local traditions, although Price (1958, 355-6) mentions it was formerly the location of a pattern, and that it had a cure for headaches. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

Tober Nahan in Ballyraheen is associated with a former pattern day festival, suggesting it may have once been a site of religious or communal significance. Although no specific saint or cure is locally recorded, the presence of a pattern indicates a historical link to early Christian pilgrimage or seasonal worship traditions.

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