What is recorded here
Some 80m to the north-east of Kilconnell Abbey (GA086-001----). Two holy wells are named 'Lanfera's Wells' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. By the time of 3rd ed. (1947-8), the words 'Site of' were added to the north-west well. Both wells still survive, the south-eastern one has been covered by a pump-house. Another well with the same name (GA086-001003-) lies c. 140m to the south-west. II - North Galway'. Updated by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 18 September 2014
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA086-001002
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- What survives
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- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Chmee2, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- abdallahh from Montréal, Canada, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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