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Columbkilles Well LF023-103002- in Ratharney

Holy well
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Official monument number
LF023-103002-
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What is recorded here

Circa 15m to the SE of another well dedicated to St Columbkille (see LF 023-103001-). A modern wellhouse has been constructed over this natural spring.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF023-103002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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