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Lady Well

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Lady Well
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A spring well at the bottom of a ravine SE of the River Delvin. Approached from an overgrown pathway. No longer venerated (Healy 1975, 16). The well is a chalybeate spring. Circa 2000, the owner capped the spring in a concrete structure (Skyvova 2005, 59). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 29 October 2014
Linked to a local tradition of healing, the Lady Well was historically visited for its chalybeate (iron-rich) waters, believed to have curative properties, particularly for blood-related ailments. The well’s dedication to "the Lady" may reflect a Marian devotion or an earlier Celtic female deity associated with healing springs.

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