What is recorded here
Some 100m SSW of a church (GA018-027002-). It consists of a spring well enclosed by a small unroofed oval drystone chamber oval drystone chamber (E-W 0.6m, N-S 0.5m) opening out to W. (Melvin c. 1971, 15)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
St. Brigid's Well is associated with the veneration of St. Brigid of Kildare, a prominent Irish saint linked to healing and fertility. Traditionally, the well may have been visited for its curative properties, particularly for women's ailments, and was likely a site of seasonal rituals or pilgrimages.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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