What is recorded here

Holy well in Cargan, County Antrim, Ireland, where clean water may have sustained life, belief or both. The uncertainty is not a flaw; it is the shape of the place. A well is a well, but the holy part is the part people need when they are lost, ill or in love. Water does not argue. It waits to be drunk.

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 unidentified saint, the Holy Well in Cargan is traditionally associated with healing rituals, particularly for skin ailments. Little specific folklore survives, but such wells were often sites of pilgrimage and seasonal festivals in pre-modern Ireland.

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