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St. Patricks Well in Glassely

Holy well

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Near the S end of a narrow N-S valley or glen, some 290m SE of Glassely church (KD-32-037001-) and graveyard (KD-32-037004-). At the foot of a low rock outcrop, large slabs have been cemented together to form a roughly rectangular surround to a natural spring (2m E-W; 0.8m N-S; D of water 0.5m). Two mature ash trees…

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Near the S end of a narrow N-S valley or glen, some 290m SE of Glassely church (KD-32-037001-) and graveyard (KD-32-037004-). At the foot of a low rock outcrop, large slabs have been cemented together to form a roughly rectangular surround to a natural spring (2m E-W; 0.8m N-S; D of water 0.5m). Two mature ash trees stand to the NE and ESE and beside the latter a low thorn bush has a metal hook in it from which three mugs hang. The surrounding area has been landscaped with plants and shrubs, and a fine statue of St. Patrick stands nearby. (Fitzgerald 1912-14b, 99 - for a photo of well in the early 20th-century; Jackson 1979-80, 155-6) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 31 October 2013

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD032-038

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  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, id.pinterest.com
  • Aisling Hyland / Kildare Nationalist, www.kildare-nationalist.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, wanderyourway.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.topwar.ru
  • Alex Passmore, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Hello, I am Bruce on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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