What is recorded here
Roadside to N of Lough Hyne. Stone covered well at base of and set into semicircular enclosing wall (max. H 1.15m). Enclosing wall painted white with statue-filled niches and other holy objects embedded in wall. Area in front of well has spread of white quartz pebbles measuring 5m x 4m. To S, rectangular area enclosed by stones wall, stone built altar at N end. Decorated hawthorn tree behind well. Still in holy use. (Roberts 1988).
Roadside to N of Lough Hyne. Stone covered well at base of and set into semicircular enclosing wall (max. H 1.15m). Enclosing wall painted white with statue-filled niches and other holy objects embedded in wall. Area in front of well has spread of white quartz pebbles measuring 5m x 4m. To S, rectangular area enclosed by stones wall, stone built altar at N end. Decorated hawthorn tree behind well. Still in holy…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO150-008
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- Mick Garratt, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Martin Southwood, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Superbass, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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