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Holy well in Termon

Holy well
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Listed as ‘Holy well’ in the RMP (1996) with the IG 12892, 19991 (ITM 528888, 699947). On inspection in 1999 this was described as being near the E end of a lowlying damp field with a huge natural boulder nearby to the E. It was apparently a simple ‘well’ enclosed by a drystone wall at S with a large upright limestone flag (H 0.96m) bearing no inscription or marking set in the wall on the S side. No votive offerings were apparent and it may not have been a holy well. The area around the well had been cleared of scrub. Further inspection in 2019 revealed no visible remains at this location. A local landowner remembers a small body of water in a solution hole in the limestone with an altar-like slab placed horizontally adjacent. It was covered over at some stage. As the remains could not be located the present ITM could not be verified. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 30 April 2019

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