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Priests Well

Holy well

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Well depicted as ‘Priest’s Well’ on 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map but no depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Described in 1983 as ‘The well has been covered in and the area is covered with tarmacadam. A swimming pool has been built to the S of the site of the well’ (SMR File 25/07/1983).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM019-089012

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  • Bridget Neville, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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