What is recorded here

Holy Well (Site of) is a holy well in Lavally (tirerrill By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a slightly sunken semicircular area measuring 3 metres northeast to southwest and 2 metres northwest to southeast within a rath. An irregular moss-covered cairn 4 metres wide and 0.5 metre high borders the northeast and east, while a low inward scarp defines the southeast and south. Two large slabs rest one atop the other at the roots of a mature ash tree immediately to the southwest, and a possible man-made underground passage is adjacent to the well.

In a rath (SL021-099001-), c. 2m NW of a NW-facing scarp which bisects the interior of the rath off-centre to NW. A slightly sunken semicircular feature (3m NE-SW; 2m NW-SE) bordered NE-E by an irregular moss-covered cairn (Wth 4m; H 0.5) and defined SE-S by a low inward scarp. Immediately to SW, protruding at the roots of a mature ash tree, are two large slabs, one resting on top of the other. There is no evidence of recent veneration at this well. A possible Man-made underground passage (SL021-099003-) is adjacent to the well. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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