What is recorded here

Shearman (1874-5, 306), records that a holy well (KD010-024----) was 'still frequented by pilgrims who hang up votive offerings of rags on an ancient thorn which overhangs the well'. The well lies in a small thicket on the S-roadside at the N-foot of St Patrick's Hill (OD 308 feet). None of the bushes/trees in the vicinity appear to carry votive offerings. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

The site is associated with a tradition of pilgrimage and votive offerings, where cloth or rags were hung on a thorn tree overhanging the well as part of a healing or protective rite. Such practices were common at holy wells linked to local saints or pre-Christian traditions, though the specific saint or cure connected to this well is not recorded.

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