What is recorded here

Ladys Well vanished beneath pasture grass, leaving only a memory on a nineteenth-century map and a ruined church nearby. The site once marked holy water, but the well itself disappeared, perhaps buried by soil or forgotten by time. What remains is a ghost of devotion, waiting for someone to dig through grass and gravel for the vessel that once held rain and prayer.

In pasture, on N-facing slope. Marked 'Lady's Well' on OS 6-inch map (1842). No remains of well noted. Church (in ruins) (CO150-005003-) short distance to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

Linked to a local tradition of healing and devotion to the Virgin Mary, such wells were often sites of pilgrimage and offerings. The absence of physical remains suggests that the well may have been a simple spring once used for ritual washing or prayer, common in early Christian and folk traditions.

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