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Near NW corner of graveyard. Wall (H 0.8m; T 0.37m) of random rubble encloses rectangular area (2.4m E-W; 1.64m N-S) roofed with large thin slabs. Entrance (Wth 0.6m) at E end, with one step down into chamber. Interior full of funerary remains and rubbish; no water visible. Described by Brunicardi (1913, 44) as 'apparently a holy well ..... dried up or was filled in and the votive offerings of the pilgrims together with several skulls and bones are thrown into it'. Not now known locally as a holy well'.
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
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