Holy Well in Clonbern, County Galway

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What is recorded here

Beside a stream, 220m S of Clonbern Church (GA031-016----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map. A concrete-lined well of modern construction now occupies the site and no trace of any earlier structure survives. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 101-2; Melvin c. 1971, 12) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA031-018

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