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In reclaimed pasture 85m NW of the townland boundary with Gortacrank. 'Lady's Well (LI047-068004-) located immediately to S in fosse of ringfort with Effin church ruins (LI047-068002-) and graveyard (LI047-068003-) 144m to SSE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a polygonal-shaped area enclosed by a field boundary with holy well attached to S side of enclosure. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised irregular-shaped area (dims. c. 21m; N-S, 36m E-W) delimited by a scarp with a post-1700 century field boundary from S-W-NW. Ó Danachair (1955, 210) described the site as following; ‘ A good spring (LI047-068004-) in the fosse of a ring fort’. Outline of monument is visible as a roughly rectangular-shaped area (23m NW-SE; 17m NE-SW) delimited by bushes, with a gap at SW, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 12 August 2021

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath) associated with Effin church ruins and a nearby "Lady's Well," suggesting a possible early-medieval date and links to both Christian and pre-Christian traditions. Local folklore may connect the site to supernatural or sacred elements, common in such landscape features.