What is recorded here

Two metres east of the ruined Lady's Chapel in County Kildare, a circular stone well holds dark water one and a half metres below the grass. People have drawn from that depth for generations, treating the chapel and well as a single living room for prayer rather than a dead monument. The stones still stand, waiting for hands dirty with soil or grief to touch them again.

According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 11) , 'This ruin (a Church) is called by the people "Lady's Chapel" within two perches of which is a well called "Lady's Well". Lies in a graveyard (KD010-013002-), 2m E of the E gable of the church (KD010-013----). A deep (D 1.95m), circular (diam. 2m) stone-lined well of coursed, well-dressed stones has steps leading down to the water and is enclosed by a modern wall (H 1.15m) with a piered gate and plaque commemorating its restoration which commenced in 1989. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Linked to a local veneration of the Virgin Mary, as suggested by the name "Lady's Well," the site may have been a focus for pilgrimage or healing traditions, common at wells dedicated to the "Lady." Such wells were often associated with miraculous cures or protective charms in Irish folklore.

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