St. Peters Well, holy well in County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

In grassland on a W-facing slope of rising ground located 250m NW of St. Aible's graveyard. This well is marked on the latest edition OS 6-inch map as 'site of', however, on inspection it would seem that the well is under a large rock. The rock is partly supported by smaller stones and water appears to be visible through a small gap in the stone. The well (D 0.7m; int. diam. 1.80m) itself appears to be enclosed by a circular dry-stone wall of which three courses are visible with a possible corbelled roof all of which is built with local sandstone rubble. The well appears to have been built at the base of a large rock outcrop of red sandstone (H 1.20m; L 4m; Wth 1.1m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS065-013005

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