St. Patricks Well in Kilfeacle, holy well in County Laois

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What is recorded here

Not marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map. In wet marshy land. A shallow pool of water marks the site. A subcircular area (D 0.5m, Wth 0.8m N-S x 1m E-W) enclosed by a modern stone wall at N, E and S with slab to knee on at entrance at W. According to local information it was thought that the water from it could heal only sight ailments.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA025-032

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