What is recorded here
Eglish is a small place where the dead and the living still share one address. The graveyard holds what the body leaves behind, while the holy well gives back what the body needs. St Brigid's name ties both parts together, as if death and life were never meant to be separated. People may have walked this place for centuries, carrying grief into the soil and hope into the water. The well and the graves are not two different things. They are one conversation between a town and the unseen world.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as GRAVEYARD & HOLY WELL: EGLISH BURIAL GROUND & ST. BRIGID'S WELL. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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