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St Patricks Well

Bullaun stone

What is recorded here

Embedded in the ground on the E side of a N-S lane beside a gate, and at the summit of the S end of a low NW-SE drumlin ridge. A limestone block with a single basin (dims 0.45m x 0.38m; D 0.25m). The children's burial ground (RO026-052001-) is c. 100m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Likely dating to the early Christian period, the well is associated with Saint Patrick and may have been a site of religious or ritual significance. Such wells were often linked to healing, pilgrimage, or local folklore involving saintly intervention.

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