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‘Tobercouran’

Holy well

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Some 80m ESE of a burial ground (GA123-069----), on a SE-facing slope. This spring well, dedicated to St Couran, is delimited by a circular drystone-lined well shaft (1.12m N-S; 1.16m E-W; D 1.45-1.7m). Six steps (Wth 0.38m; D 0.26m) at WSW lead down to the water. From the top of the lowest step there is a drop of…

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Some 80m ESE of a burial ground (GA123-069----), on a SE-facing slope. This spring well, dedicated to St Couran, is delimited by a circular drystone-lined well shaft (1.12m N-S; 1.16m E-W; D 1.45-1.7m). Six steps (Wth 0.38m; D 0.26m) at WSW lead down to the water. From the top of the lowest step there is a drop of 0.5m to the base of the well. A kerb of small upright stones (H 0.16; L 0.35m; Wth 0.03m) extends around its perimeter. An uninscribed upright slab was visible few metres N of the well. Six broken and inscribed stone fragments were found in and around it, five of them fitted together to form a pillar-like slab (approx. L 0.78m; Wth 0.15m; T 0.07m) bearing the following dedication, beneath an IHS monogram, SAINT COURNA. Further lettering beneath this was difficult to decipher.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA123-070

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