Lady Well in Bunown, holy well in County Westmeath

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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.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM022-030

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