Holy well in Cluid, County Galway

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What is recorded here

Close to a stream in level poorly drained terrain. A spring well, know locally as Bellwell or Tobernaclog, consists of a well-preserved square drystone-build structure (L/Wth 1.6m) opening out to S. Locally believed to have converted a non-believer when he heard the bells of Dunmore emanating from it. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA017-076

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