Church Well, holy well in County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

In a hollow on an undulating landscape, and regarded as a holy well c. 1910 (OS Name Books). Described as a circular stone-lined well with an opening to the W (Gannon 1972). It is now a pond (L 30m NE-SW; Wth 8m NW-SE) with two pump-houses in a field known as `Cave Field'. The possible Man-made underground passage site (RO016096002-) is c. 50m to the SE, while church (RO016-097001-) is c. 120m to the ESE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO016-096001

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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PatWhelehan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Maker not stated on source page, irelandsholywells.blogspot.com
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Dan Clohessy / INPHO, www.roscommonherald.ie
Maker not stated on source page, visionsofthepastblog.com

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