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Brides Well

Holy well

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Situated in a low cliff overlooking the sea-cliff to the E. Described in OS Name Books as a natural spring just above the high water mark. Now dried up; there is no surviving local tradition. According to Lynch (1994, 638) this well was described in the Ordnance Survey Letters of 1838-40 as Bride's Well.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI025-016

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