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Holy well in Westquarter

Holy well
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On N side of track to W of a house cluster and c. 150m SW of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA009D025002-). Known locally as Scáithín, probably from the saint's name, it consists of a small natural spring, now dry and stopped with turf, in a small smooth-sided recess in a rock outcrop by the track (info. T. Robinson). When visited in June 2016 there was no visible surface trace of the well. It may have been obscured by vegetation. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of revised upload: 24 June 2016

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