Holy well in Feraghfad, County Longford

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What is recorded here

On the N side of a road, in wet poorly drained land overlooking bogland to the S. This spring well is enclosed by a small wellhouse that is constructed of concrete walls and a slated roof. It is open to the E and one step leads down to the water. Votive offerings have been placed on top of the side-walls and they also hang from the rafters of the roof over the well.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF014-138

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