What is recorded here

Monday's Well sits in Malone Lower, County Antrim, named for the day rather than a person. Whether women prayed there on Mondays or children drowned a boy named Monday in the dark water, the well keeps both secrets. Its certainty is in the repetition: a name that returns every seven days, a hole in the ground that still asks to be answered.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HOLY WELL: MUNDAY'S 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 Munday, an early Irish saint associated with several holy wells in the Malone area, the well was traditionally visited for its supposed healing properties, particularly for skin ailments and general well-being. Local tradition holds that the site was once a place of pilgrimage and that the water was believed to have curative powers when collected at specific times, such as on the saint’s feast day.

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