What is recorded here
Adjacent to a road in grassland. A D-shaped holy well enclosed by a concrete wall (NW-SE 2.2m, NE-SW 1.8m) opening out to SE. A concrete pillar bearing a Latin cross is on top of the wall at NE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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