What is recorded here

Indicated is a dry, subcircular well in Athenry, marked Moor Well on a 1933 map and defined by a short drystone wall beside the Clarin River. It no longer gives water, yet it still points to thirst, memory and the changing edge of a town that once trusted its own wells.

In flat pastureland c. 40m to the E of the Clarin River and within the medieval walled town of Athenry (GA084-001----). Named 'Moor Well' on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map, this roughly subcircular well (0.77m N-S; 0.72m E-W; D 0.7m) is defined by a drystone wall (Wth 0.5m), three to four courses high. A small gap at W access it. On inspection the well was dry. A spa well (GA084-001016-) lies c. 168m to the NNE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 November 2019

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