
What is recorded here
On NW-facing slope in marshy land. A stream runs from a spring immediately to W. This well consists of a circular depression (D 2.7m) overgrown with trees and surrounded by a collapsed stone-built enclosure. A number of religious objects are strewn about it. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 229-30)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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