
What is recorded here
On the NW side of the Douglas River, at the point where a stream emerges from the SW end of a narrow rocky ravine. The area is covered with overgrowth and the well was not located. A secular well, named 'Darby's well' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map, c. 20m to SE was also not located. A limekiln (SL026-095001-) lies c. 15m to S.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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