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Ladys Well in Kayle

Holy well

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Marked on the 1839 and the 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lady’s Well in gothic lettering on both, with the addition of 'Site of' on the later map. John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 says it was then concealed in shrubbery (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 357). It is situated in a fold on a gentle W-facing slope in the valley of the N-S Owenduff River, with the stream c. 70m to the W. It is not visible in reclaimed pasture.
Marked on the 1839 and the 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Lady’s Well in gothic lettering on both, with the addition of 'Site of' on the later map. John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 says it was then concealed in shrubbery (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 357). It is situated in a fold on a gentle W-facing slope in the valley of the N-S Owenduff River, with the stream c. 70m to the W. It is not visible in…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX040-018

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Purchase, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Julie Anne Workman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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