What is recorded here
Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described in gothic lettering as St. Coleman’s Well on both. It is situated on a steep and overgrown W-facing slope, and c. 40m S of the site the church (WX035-049001-). It could not be identified in 1988. The well is named after one of the many saint Colemáns (Ó Riain 2011, 183-208). However, there is no record of veneration at the well.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX040-002
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- David Purchase, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- seegraswiese, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Paul O'Farrell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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