What is recorded here

Situated in woodland area on W facing slope of rising ground overlooking Killinure Bay on 45m to the WSW. Bunown church (WM022-031001-) and graveyard (WM022-031001-) 200m to SSE. Boat House 10m to SSW contains late medieval punch-dressed stone taken from Bunown Church and reused as the head of a window in the E gable. Dried up holy well (int. diam. 1m; D 1m) known locally as 'Lady Well' enclosed by a drystone wall with entrance at W, no votive offerings visible. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload; 16 April 2018

Linked to a local tradition of healing and fertility, the Lady Well is associated with venerative practices possibly connected to a Marian cult or a pre-Christian earth spirit. Historically, such wells were often sites of pilgrimage and ritual washing for ailments, with offerings left by devotees.

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