What is recorded here

Duin Meve well stands in Ballygurk, County Derry, named for Meve but lost from modern mapping. The name suggests a woman, a muse or a saint, yet no human record has fixed her shape. Water may still move under the soil, carrying the forgotten woman forward while the village forgets her name.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HOLY WELL (unlocated): DUIN MEVE 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 the legendary queen Medb (Maeve) of Connacht, Duin Meve Well is associated with Celtic mythology and may have been a site of ritual significance in pre-Christian times. Traditionally, such wells were believed to possess healing properties and were often dedicated to local saints or mythological figures in early Irish tradition.

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