What is recorded here

Clasharusheen is a dry holy well in County Cork, Ireland, where stone capstones still roof a narrow chamber opened to the north and south. It sits on a sunny slope beside a disused burial ground, suggesting people once brought life and death to the same water. The well no longer flows or attracts prayer, but its preserved shape records a time when the valley believed water could touch the boundary between the living and the dead.

In rough grazing, on S-facing slope of narrow valley. Well, now dry, with stone-built cover, roofed with capstones; opes to N and S. Drained recently. Not venerated in living memory. Disused burial ground (CO121-079001-) c. 20m to WNW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

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