Toberbreda, holy well in County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

At the bottom of a S-facing slope, c. 30m W of the church (RO027-048005-). This is an oval well (dims 2.2m E-W; 1.05m N-S) recently conserved and surrounded by a path (Wth 1m) and an outer wall (Wth 0.5m; H 0.25m) S-W-N. The stream flows S, and the well is within an eliptical enclosure (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 15m N-S) attached to the S wall of the graveyard (RO027-048007-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO027-048006

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