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Ladys Well in Ballingly

Holy well

What is recorded here

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering as Lady's Well on both. It is mentioned by John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 but it had long been abandoned and the date of the Pattern day was not even remembered (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 215). It is situated on a steep wooded scarp at the bottom of an E-facing slope in the valley of the N-S Corock River, with a stream of the meandering river c. 50m to the W. It is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX040-050

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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