What is recorded here
Some 500m SSE of Clontuskert Abbey (GA088-001----). A poorly preserved dried-up holy well, dedicated to St Augustine, comprising an unroofed rectangular drystone well-chamber (N-S 0.94m, E-W 0.8m). A low stony bank delimits the monument at N, S, and W, while an old field bank running ENE lies 1.55m to SE. A pattern day was traditionally held on 28th August (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 645-6). II - North Galway'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA088-002
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Clontuskert Abbey (in ruins)Religious house, Augustinian canons · 476 ydField system in AbbeyparkField system · 563 ydpost box1.1 miArdcarn IslandsIslet · 2.0 miEuropean Beech2.3 miEuropean Beech2.3 miOghil Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 2.3 miUrraghry HillMountain / peak · 3.2 miBallymore CastleCastle, tower house · 3.6 miThe bloody HollowHeritage attraction · 3.9 miBattle of AughrimMajor battlefield · 4.2 mi
Clontuskert Abbey (in ruins)Religious house, Augustinian canons · 476 ydField system in AbbeyparkField system · 563 yd
post box1.1 miArdcarn IslandsIslet · 2.0 mi
European Beech2.3 miEuropean Beech2.3 miOghil Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 2.3 miUrraghry HillMountain / peak · 3.2 mi_(geograph_4071679).jpg/250px-Castles_of_Connacht-_Ballymore,_Galway_(1)_(geograph_4071679).jpg "Photo: Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
Ballymore CastleCastle, tower house · 3.6 miThe bloody HollowHeritage attraction · 3.9 mi.jpg/250px-Battle_of_Aughrim_by_Jan_Wyk_(cropped).jpg "Photo: Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain")
Battle of AughrimMajor battlefield · 4.2 miPictures: JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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