What is recorded here

Half a meter of stubborn stone leans northeast above St. Patrick’s Well in Holywell Lower, its stubby arms barely clearing the shaft. The crude shape suggests haste or humility rather than pride, marking water that may have sustained lives long before anyone measured the cross.

Located at a holy well (MA103-003001-) known as St. Patrick’s Well. This stone cross stands upright on a low stony rise that curves around the N side of the well. The cross (H 0.64m; Wth across arms 0.29m) is rather crudely shaped with short stubby arms that protrude no more than a few centimeters from the shaft (Wth 0.19m; T 0.12m). The top of the shaft rises 0.08m above the arms. The cross leans to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 October 2022

The cross in Holywell Lower, dedicated to St. Patrick, was likely erected by a local Christian community, possibly in the early medieval period, between the 8th and 12th centuries. Its small size and simple design suggest a vernacular, early Christian style, and it marks a site of religious and pilgrimage significance associated with the holy well.

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