Why this matters
A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.
What is recorded here
Associated with a holy well (GA122-012----). Fahey (1893, 113) noted two ‘similar enclosures’ within ‘a few yards on either side’ of the holy well. Both were ‘without water’ and overgrown with hazel and underwood. On inspection in September 1982, one of these was noted to the E of the well. It consisted of a collapsed circular stone structure (diam. c. 4m). Intermittent outer wall-facing (H 0.9m) survived. Its function was unclear but it may have been a penitential station (GA122-012001-) associated with the well. No visible surface trace of the second one (GA122-012002-) was evident.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 4 January 2023
Fahey, J. 1893 Some Places of Interest near Gort Visited by the Society, August 11th, 1904. In Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 34, 211-19.
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