Tobernaslath (Finnleasrach)

Described in 1976 as a ‘fine spring still flowing. It is directly to the W of a ringfort (WM024-063----). At the E head of the well (WM024-060----) is a limestone boulder of square shape which may have been deliberately erected there’ (SMR File 23/04/1976). The 1838 Ordnance Survey Memoranda records in a letter from Fenwick to Larcom that ‘at the well by the fort is an upright stone about 3 ft. [0.9m] high...well called Tubber na Slath and was formerly a place of pilgrimage but is now disused’ (SMR File). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 12 August 2019

Probably dating to the early medieval period, the boulder may have been used as a holy or ritual stone associated with the well, reflecting a tradition of sacred water sites in Irish folklore and religious practice. Such stones could have been linked to local deities, saints, or healing rituals.