What is recorded here
Situated on the floor of a slight N-S valley c. 10m W of a small NW-SE stream, and on the E side of a NE-SW road. The well is rectangular with a concrete vaulted canopy surmounted by a cross. The arched opening on the NE side has a plaque over it inscribed ‘St. Bridget’s Well. 1862). Locally it is held to perform cures if visited nine times, but there is no information on the well’s origin.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX034-072
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- What survives
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