What is recorded here

Holy Well stands in Cabragh, County Derry, its exact age still uncertain. A clear hole in the ground may have marked clean water, a prayer place or a boundary for people long gone. The name suggests worship, but the absence of date and detail leaves the well stubbornly vague. It is better to keep that gap than to decorate it with invented history.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HOLY 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 an unspecified saint or local tradition, the holy well at Cabragh was likely a site of Christian pilgrimage and healing practices. Little specific folklore or historical detail is recorded, but such wells were commonly associated with miraculous cures and seasonal rituals in rural Irish tradition.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.