Toberavoster, holy well in County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Situated at a break in a SE-facing slope. A spring which is now tapped into a disused stand pipe. The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 59) state that the well was formerly famous for its curative powers. No surviving local traditions.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI021-015

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