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Toberara

Holy well
Toberara
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In level pasture, adjacent to a stream/drain. There is a farmstead to S and W. This holy well is named ‘Toberara’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps, and is recorded in the OS Letters (1838, 196 (102)) as ‘Tober a Righ’. The well, now dried up, is enclosed by a concrete wall. According to local information, three large stones once formed one side of the well. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018
Linked to a local tradition of healing, Toberara, Foghill is associated with the "Well of the King," suggesting a possible connection to early Christian or pre-Christian royal or chieftainly patronage. The name may reflect a lost saint or local figure of significance, though specific folklore or recorded cures are not well documented.

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