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St Bridgets Well

Holy well

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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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  • 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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