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St Michaels Well

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Located on the W side of a short promontory (dims. c. 260m E-W at S; c. 200m N-S) jutting N into the confluence of the W-E Glendine River with the N-S Blackwater River, and c. 110m SW of the site of Templemichael church site (WA037-013001-). This is a natural spring (diam. c. 1.5m) flowing off to the W, which was venerated in the late 19th century (OS Name Books; Power1898a, 209). Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA037-013003

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