What is recorded here

Owning holds a holy well, a ritual site where clean water rose through Kilkenny soil to serve human prayer. The exact chamber, gift or loss is absent from the available facts, but the classification leaves the purpose standing: people went there to mark life, ease fear or give thanks. The well may have worn a wooden ledge, taken rowan berries or received a coin at feast time. Those details have left no witness behind, yet the site still belongs to the town and remembers the shape of that attention.

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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