Danes Well, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked similarly on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as 'Dane's Well', and situated on a flat low-lying landscape. This is a rectangular well (dims 0.8m x 0.8m; D 1.5m) enclosed in concrete and now dry within a rectangular enclosure (dims 10.5m NW-SE; 7.7m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank. There is no evidence of or knowledge of veneration.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO015-001

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