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St. Conans Well

Holy well

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Situated in a slight hollow on a N-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a modern road directly to the N. A natural spring well enclosed by a drystone wall surround. Votive offerings are visible and there is a broken statue in an aumbry over the well. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN031-012

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