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At a holy well (MA008-004001-). According to the 1838 OS Letters, a recess in the interior of the holy well structure held a small rectangular slab (L 0.15m; Wth 0.1m; T0.02m), on one side of which were indentations or incised lines that may have been fragments of an inscription (O’Flanagan 1927, 101 (194). The current whereabouts of the stone are unknown.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 1 July 2019
Likely dating to the early Christian period, the inscribed stone may have had a religious or commemorative function, possibly associated with the holy well as a site of pilgrimage or ritual. Similar stones often bore crosses or ogham inscriptions, suggesting a connection to Christian tradition or local folklore.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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