What is recorded here

Indicated is a holy well in County Cork where water still flows across a shallow stone ledge beside a field fence. It belongs to the old road between Augeris church and the living world, where people walked rounds after prayer and drank or washed without ceremony. The well is small enough to overlook, yet it has watched generations pass from churchyard to kitchen, carrying memory in a film of water no deeper than a coin.

On gentle SW-facing slope, close to road and adjacent to field fence. Natural ledge (0.9m X 0.4m) onto which water flows (now directed via pipe) from higher ground to NE. Some water collects in slight hollow on ledge, to a depth of 0.05m. According to information collected by Fr O'Donoghue in 1917, well was associated with Augeris church and graveyard (CO069-03802-; CO069-03801-) c. 300m to SW; rounds were made at well after visiting church (pers. comm. M. Uí Léime). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

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