What is recorded here

On foreshore just above HWM at S end of the island. It consists of a natural circular, but shallow, bowl-shaped hollow (D 0.2m) on the sloping, S face of a prominent rock. Associated with St Macdara whose island is visible to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Linked to St. MacDara, the well is associated with early Christian traditions on the island, where the saint is said to have lived as a hermit. Locally, it may have been visited for healing or purification, though specific cures or rituals are not well documented.

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