What is recorded here

Crosspatrick Well in Ballydawley, County Derry, is a holy well remembered through local tradition rather than a dated event. People may have drawn water there for healing, blessing or ordinary household use, while the name suggests Patrick himself walked beside it. The uncertainty preserves the wonder: a small wet place where human belief still touches the land.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HOLY WELL: CROSSPATRICK WELL. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Linked to Saint Patrick, the well is traditionally associated with healing and pilgrimage, with customs including the throwing of coins or clooties as offerings. Such sites were often centres of local devotion and pre-Christian ritual, later Christianised in association with early saints.

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