Holy well in Garraí Na Dtor, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

Tobar Thomáis: A partly slab-lined well in the bank of a small stream. There is a vague tradition that this was a holy well (Ó Danachair 1960, 78). Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 937.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE044-089

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