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Holy well in Bawntaaffe

Holy well
Holy well in Bawntaaffe
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According to the Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts (674, 177-8) a holy well was sited in a field called 'Crotha' about 500 yards (c. 450m) from the church ruin (LH021-031001-) (IFC Schools MSS).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH021-058

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  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
  • Kevin King, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Adriao, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willard Rome, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Photographer not named in LMFM caption, www.lmfm.ie
  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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