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St Patricks Well

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On flat ground at the bottom of a N-facing bluff (H c. 6m) and c. 50m from the SW bank of the NW-SE Boyle River where Ath Carpait, the ford of the chariot, may have been (FitzPatrick 1998, 354). A subcircular well (dims 1.4m NE-SW; c. 1m NW-SE) is covered by a D-shaped, masonry structure (ext. dims 2m NE-SW; 1.72m…

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On flat ground at the bottom of a N-facing bluff (H c. 6m) and c. 50m from the SW bank of the NW-SE Boyle River where Ath Carpait, the ford of the chariot, may have been (FitzPatrick 1998, 354). A subcircular well (dims 1.4m NE-SW; c. 1m NW-SE) is covered by a D-shaped, masonry structure (ext. dims 2m NE-SW; 1.72m NW-SE) with a cement roof (max. H 1.05m) which is surmounted by a modern Latin cross. The well has a rectangular opening (Wth 0.65m; H 0.45m) to the NE, but there is no evidence of veneration. An oval piece of limestone (RO006-066002-) (dims 0.75m x 0.35m; H 0.3-0.4m) with two natural depressions on its upper surface is set in the ground 3.2m NE of the well and is regarded as having the knee-impressions of St Patrick. A stream runs off to the NE from the saint's stone.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO006-066001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ivanrlynn at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons
  • Joseph Mischyshyn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Real Group Photos / realboyle (Flickr account); individual photographer not stated, www.flickr.com
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