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On a N-facing slope in undulating grassland. This natural spring well is defined by a D-shaped drystone-built chamber (0.75m N-S; 0.7m E-W) which is set 4.5m below ground level. On inspection, the well (D 1m) was accessed from a stile on the roadside, via a series of stone steps running E-W for 3.75m then turning at a right angle down a sloping drystone-built passage (6m N-S) with a lintelled roof. The entrance to the passage was covered by a large limestone capstone (L 1.2m; Wth 1m). Some coins found on the step nearest to the water were the only evidence to suggest that this is a holy well.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 19 December 2017. Revised: 28 March 2023
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