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Tober Ultan

Holy well

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Small apparently circular well now grassed over. The 'Ultan' to whom the well is dedicated may be the 7th-century St Ultan of Ardbraccan, Co. Meath (O'Connell 1937, 39).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV033-016

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