Indicated

Indicated on all OS eds. but not acknowledged as an antiquity. Dedicated to St Killian (local information). The well is sited within a subrectangular enclosure defined by a stone and concrete wall which is rounded at E and open at W. A small stone cross inscribed with the date 1927 is set into the wall behind the well. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

Dedicated to St Killian, the well is associated with traditional Catholic devotion and may have been a site of pilgrimage or prayer, particularly in times of local hardship or illness. Enclosures like this often reflect 19th-century efforts to preserve and protect holy wells amid religious revival.