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MASS SITE & HOLY WELL: MASS HILL & MONEYJEAN WELL in Clogherny Glebe Upper

MASS SITE & HOLY WELL: MASS HILL & MONEYJEAN WELL
MASS SITE & HOLY WELL: MASS HILL & MONEYJEAN WELL in Clogherny Glebe Upper
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MASS SITE & HOLY WELL: MASS HILL & MONEYJEAN WELL in Clogherny Glebe Upper is a mass site & holy well: mass hill & moneyjean well in Clogherny Glebe Upper, County Tyrone, Ireland. Maybe its exact date, purpose and surviving form will remain uncertain.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MASS SITE & HOLY WELL: MASS HILL & MONEYJEAN WELL. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; C18TH/C19TH. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Linked to Saint Jean (John), the well known as Moneyjean Well is associated with healing traditions and offerings, with "money" in the name possibly reflecting a practice of leaving coins as votives. The site was used for both pilgrimage and local Christian worship, with the mass hill indicating a historical location for open-air Catholic Masses during periods of religious persecution.

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