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Toberbrackan

Holy well
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Within an enclosure (GA102-025001-). This spring well, which is enclosed by a rectangular drystone surround (3.3m N-S; 2.7m E-W), lies in the NE quadrant of an oval hollow (15m N-S; 13m E-W). A number of mature beach trees surround it. According to local tradition, the water was used as a cure for cholera (Korff and O'Connell 1985).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA102-025

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