What is recorded here
In wooded glen, on N-facing slope. Stone-lined well; semicircular back wall (H 1.1m; Wth 1m). Run off flows N from well. According to O'Leary (1919, 84) 'the number of people making "rounds" has diminished considerably'. Disused. O Murchadha (1967, 16) identifies this well as St. Mary's and St. Brigid's as another holy well (CO099-028---) nearby to SE.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO099-027
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Eh cork, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Andrew Wood, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Honourablemencandiffer, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Guliolopez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Greg Clarke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Tim FitzGerald, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- derek menzies, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Arco Ardon from Dordrecht, Netherlands, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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