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On E bank of stream, in steep-sided wooded valley. D-shaped well (3.5m N-S; 2m E-W) enclosed by stone wall (H 1.75m; Wth 0.5m) S->N and by low cliff face on E side. Overgrown and abandoned. In similar condition when visited by Grove White (1905-25, vol. 1, 140) who noted that '...formerly it was much frequented for the cure of sore eyes' and '...according to OS Field Book of 1840, it is called Tubbercooragh a Glynna holy well'.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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CO024-138----_01 submitted to A. Clarke by Michael Fitzgerald after visit
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