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Holy Well in Altaghaderry

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A cairn (DG047-002002-) of earth and stones 1m high surrounded by an earth and stone bank with an overall diameter of 15m. Slightly W of the highest point of the cairn is a stone slab-lined grave (DG047-002003-), 1.5m N-S and 0.85m E-W. It is tilting inwards under pressure from the cairn. A mound of stones on top of the cairn is probably the remains of a trigonometrical station. It is situated on the summit of Holy Well Hill in mountain terrain on the border with County Derry and is regarded as a holy well locally.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG047-020001

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreambigtravelfarblog.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Farren Architects; individual photographer not stated, www.farrenarchitects.com
  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Wikimedia Commons contributor · Public domain
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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