What is recorded here

Killala well in Turraloskin, County Antrim, is a holy water place whose human history has slipped from formal memory. The name suggests worship, thirst or both, perhaps a woman remembered through water rather than written about. It remains a small anomaly in the landscape, waiting for someone to stop pretending certainty and ask what the well actually did for the people who used it.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HOLY WELL: KILLE WELL. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Linked to Saint Kille, an early Irish saint associated with several holy wells in the north of Ireland, the well is traditionally visited for its supposed healing properties, particularly for skin ailments and general well-being. Little specific folklore survives, but such wells were often sites of pilgrimage and seasonal rituals in pre-modern times.

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