What is recorded here
Immediately S of a public road. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1900 revision as 'Tobernanaspog'. Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 361) mentions this well as, 'Tubbernanaspug, or the Well of the Bishops'.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 23 November 2020
Tobernanaspog is traditionally known as 'the Well of the Bishops', a name suggesting historical or ecclesiastical associations, though specific saints or rituals linked to the site are not clearly recorded. The name appears on early Ordnance Survey maps and was noted by local historian Carrigan in 1905.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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