
What is recorded here
Toberteh/An Tobar Te (the warm well): This well is now very overgrown but it has previously been described as 'a rapid spring about 5 feet (1.5m) in diameter' (OSNB Kilmalkedar, 34) and more recently as a 'marshy hollow' (Ó Danachair 1960, 74). Stations were performed at it until about 1810 or 1820 (OSNB). It is located in the corner of a field at the foot of the NE slopes of Lateevemore.
See attached photographs of Toberteh, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.18.00350 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31314; F025.18.00351 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31315.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 953. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 25 April 2022
A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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