What is recorded here

Some 30m NW of a CBG (GA025-003002-). This well, correctly Tobar Fechín, consists of a natural spring, adjoined on E by a low wedge-shaped drystone platform or leacht (L 1.3m, Wth c. 1m) with four large rounded river pebbles on top of it. Within the well itself is a small wall niche containing modern offerings. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 43; Hardiman 1846, 121) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Toberfeheen, An Camanach is associated with Saint Fechín, a 7th-century Irish monk and founder of the monastery at Fore, County Westmeath. The well may have been visited for healing purposes, particularly for ailments of the limbs, reflecting a common tradition linked to saints’ wells in Ireland.

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