What is recorded here

St. Bridgets Well in County Meath, Ireland, is a female stone head surmounting a pointed arch, a shape that still marks the water as sacred. The sculpture turns an ordinary well into a place where people could kneel, ask, and leave changed. Its stone face has watched rain, prayer and forgetting for centuries, keeping the well alive in memory.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Sculptured Stone Female stone head surmounting pointed arch of holy well. (Wilde 1850, 128)

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