What is recorded here
Marked only on the 1924 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as St. Thomas’s Well. It is mentioned by John O’Donovan writing c. 1840 (O’Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 220). The well is located in a hollow in a low-lying landscape. It is a natural spring with no evidence of veneration.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX027-018
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