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Toberbrecan

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Part of Na Seacht Teampaill. Some 10m E of a grave-plot (GA110-023005-) on a low bluff overlooking the monastic complex. This well, correctly Tobar Bhreacáin, consists of a natural bullán or rockpool in the limestone with a canopy of rough limestone blocks. Now disused (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. (Waddell 1973, 26, where misplaced; Robinson 1980) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA110-023006

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  • Ian Capper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ronan Mac Giollapharaic, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ian Capper, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Doonaran, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Anne Burgess, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Herbert Ortner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
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