Toberacrava, holy well in County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described as Toberacrava in gothic lettering on both. It is located towards the bottom of a W-facing slope. This is a natural spring which is the source of a strong stream running W where the N-S Tomgarrow River is c. 160m distant. There is no evidence of, or record of, veneration.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX035-033

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