DDiscover AloneMapAbout

Tobernacargy

Holy well

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What do you know about this place?Tap to add a comment or ask a question

What you write will be public.

What is recorded here

Situated on a marked S-facing slope in rocky terrain. Natural spring with no associated features still regarded locally as a holy well. The name means 'well of the rocks' (tobar na carraige) (Price 1949, 173).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI021-035

Places near here

Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • JP, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, goldenageofgaia.com
  • Digital Eye, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
  • Maker not stated on source page, archaeology.co.uk
  • Maker not stated on source page, visitwicklow.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, ca.pinterest.com
Catholic Church of Our Lady of Dolours and Saint PatrickChurch/chapel · 281 yd

Explorer Tom Catholic Church of Our Lady of Dolours and Saint Patrick in Kelshamore is a modest 1870s build with a prophecy that it…

Donaghmore ChurchChurch/chapel · 733 yd

Explorer Tom Donaghmore Church is built on a local legend about a giant who tried to use the nave as a hatbox in 1711 and got his…

Donaghmore National SchoolSchool · 857 yd

Explorer Tom Donaghmore National School is pre-1830s and the seagulls say it looks like a giant birdhouse. It’s lost some windows…

Kelsha BridgeBridge · 928 yd

Explorer Tom Kelsha Bridge is an eighteen-century road bridge that has been standing there while empires rose and fell. It’s largely…

Bullaun stone in KelshamoreBullaun stone · 968 yd

Explorer Tom Bullaun stone in Kelshamore claims to hold a world record for being slightly oval-shaped, which is honestly quite…

Ballyhubbock BridgeBridge · 1392 yd

Explorer Tom Ballyhubbock Bridge is currently involved in a serious fairy dispute over who gets parking rights on the arch. The tiny…

Druidical CircleStone circle, embanked · 1603 yd

Explorer Tom Druidical Circle in Castleruddery Lower took about two hundred cups of tea to build, I reckon, just to keep the spirits…

English holly1.1 mi

Explorer Tom English holly in County Wicklow is belting out 'Sweet Caroline' at full volume because it just found a tambourine. It’s…

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Deerpark (talbotstown Upper By., Donaghmore Ed)Fairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1.1 mi

Explorer Tom Fairy fort in Deerpark has more entrances than my local supermarket and I’m pretty sure one of them leads straight to…

Mount SlaneyFarm house · 1.2 mi

Explorer Tom Mount Slaney farmhouse in Ballyhubbock Lower is well-preserved from the early nineteenth century and is currently…

CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.2 mi

Explorer Tom Castle in Ballyhubbock Upper would write on its dating profile that it’s serious about stability but currently lacks…

Castle in ruinsCastle, tower house · 1.5 mi

Explorer Tom Castle in ruins in Ballintruer Beg has one wall standing proud while the rest are just foundations pretending to be…

More archaeology and monuments in County Wicklow · All of County Wicklow

Add to this placeAdd a picture Add a detailed tip Add a story

Explore the map1,095,414 places to discover

Next place · or swipeCatholic Church of Our Lady of Dolours and Saint Patrick