What is recorded here
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 Eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Nunnery Well on both. It is situated on a gentle S and SE-facing slope c. 75m SE of the site of the nunnery (WX041-008004-). A small opening (dims 0.35m x 0.25m; d 0.3m) is lined with stones, and the headwaters of a small N-S stream are c. 10m to the E with dense scrub nearby. There is no indication of, or record of, veneration.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX041-008005
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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