Ladys Well in Castlemarket, holy well in County Kilkenny

What is recorded here

What do you know about this place?

According to the OS Letters of 1839 this well was 'called Lady's Well, at which a Patron was held on the 15th of August till about twenty years ago, as also on the eigth of September. The well lies about a quarter of a mile north east of the Church [KK001-005001-] and is still resorted to for the cure of sore eyes, etc.' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 82). There are no archaeological features visible.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK001-003

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What survives: Recorded monument

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