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Friars Well

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What is recorded here

Some 40m NE of Tobar Éinne (GA119-006001-). Named in OS Letters as 'Tobar na m-brathar' (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 347), it consists of an oval basin (1.55m by 1.1m) revetted by drystone walling, partially collapsed, and is accessible via three steps at ENE. It was dry at time of visit. (Westropp 1895, 263-4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA119-006003

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  • Ronan Mac Giollapharaic, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Guilhem Boyer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Paucabot, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Tom Pullman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gordon Hatton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maigheach-gheal, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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