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Holy well in Ballykenly

Holy well

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What is recorded here

In low-lying marsh. Circular, stone-lined well (diam. 0.6m; D 0.5m) containing plastic barrel. Landowner uncovered well recently, having been told of its location by his father; locally called 'Tobairínmára' and known for all sorts of cures, especially of eye ailments.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO019-148

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • john salter, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • CaitNi, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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