What is recorded here

Holy well in Termon, County Clare, Ireland, is a ritual site - holy well. It is a holy well near the E end of a lowlying damp field with a huge natural boulder nearby to the E. The area around the well had been cleared of scrub. A local landowner remembers a small body of water in a solution hole in the limestone with an altar-like slab placed horizontally adjacent.

Listed as ‘Holy well’ in the RMP (1996) with the IG 12892, 19991 (ITM 528888, 699947). On inspection in 1999 this was described as being near the E end of a lowlying damp field with a huge natural boulder nearby to the E. It was apparently a simple ‘well’ enclosed by a drystone wall at S with a large upright limestone flag (H 0.96m) bearing no inscription or marking set in the wall on the S side. No votive offerings were apparent and it may not have been a holy well. The area around the well had been cleared of scrub. Further inspection in 2019 revealed no visible remains at this location. A local landowner remembers a small body of water in a solution hole in the limestone with an altar-like slab placed horizontally adjacent. It was covered over at some stage. As the remains could not be located the present ITM could not be verified. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 30 April 2019

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