St. Bridgets Well in Cloonown, holy well in County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described in gothic lettering on both as 'St Bridget's Well'. It is situated on a level landscape. This is a natural rectangular spring (dims c. 5m E-W; c. 2m N-S) surrounded by field stones and overgrown but open to the SW and used by cattle. There is no record of, knowledge of, or evidence of veneration.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO055-004

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