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On rocks below HWM at SW tip of Leitir Mealláin. Known locally as Tobar na Caillí, it consists of a natural pothole, discovered, according to local tradition, by a woman from Bó Bhrocháin who had dreamed she would be cured of pains in the bones at this spot. Between this well and another c. 310m to SE (GA089-020----) are two porphyry (quartz) dykes running / N-S, regarded as the roads the saints took to Oileáin Árann (info. T. Robinson). Not visited.
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).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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