What is recorded here
Some 150m N of Castle Bellew (GA045-009001-). A dried-up holy well, the site of which is marked by a pile of rubble and a group of trees. According to Claffey (1983, 149), 'The tree to the north-east of the group is reputed to have curative water that lodges in a hollow in its trunk'. II - North Galway'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA045-010001
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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