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Holy well in Gowlanes

Holy well

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This spring well, locally known as Tobar Na Bearnan, is located just below Windy Gap close to the summit of Eagles Hill. It was the final station of the Kilcrohane turas or pilgrimage (KE106-032003-), which was formerly held in late July/early August, and its water was reputed to cure eye conditions (Ó Suilleabháin…

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This spring well, locally known as Tobar Na Bearnan, is located just below Windy Gap close to the summit of Eagles Hill. It was the final station of the Kilcrohane turas or pilgrimage (KE106-032003-), which was formerly held in late July/early August, and its water was reputed to cure eye conditions (Ó Suilleabháin 1945, 24). The well is located on the SE side of a low cairn of slabs and quartz, and beside it is a slab, .4m x .2m, which features an incised cross with a smaller cross in each of its angles. Lying beside the slab is an elongated stone point, used for making the sign of the cross on it. See attached photographs of holy well courtesy of Amanda Clarke. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1073.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE098-086

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Photo credits
  • Keith Cunneen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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