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Holy Well in Tincoon

Holy well

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What is recorded here

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘Holy Well’. It is known locally as St. Anne’s well, and is located in a slight fold and towards the bottom of a steep W-facing slope of the Slaney valley with the N-S river c. 120m to the W. The source is c. 10m to the E but the well is a natural rock-pool (diam. c. 4m) beneath rock outcrop at S (H 1.5m). There is a large ivy-covered blackthorn tree growing on the S side, but there is no evidence of veneration at the well and no record of it.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX032-002

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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Purchase, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.airbnb.ca
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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.patrickcomerford.com
  • Bree Community Development Group photo gallery; photographer not named, www.bree.ie
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