Sunday Well at Raffeen, Cork

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What is recorded here

Set into hillside, at head of narrow glen, approached by narrow stone-faced path Surrounded by semicircular stone-built wall (H 0.8m); roofed by single slab. Stone-covered drain (Wth 0.3m) channels run off. On either side, two slabs, each inscribed with a simple Latin cross, propped upright. First stone (H 0.45m; Wth 0.38m) is cracked. Second stone (H 0.7m; Wth 0.38m) narrows towards base. O'Leary (1991, 34) mentions five crosses; states that site also known as St John's Well. According to Casey (1983, 222) '"Rounds" were performed here up to forty years ago'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO087-017

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