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Holy well

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What is recorded here

According to Jackson (1979-80, 145), there was a local tradition of veneration and cures at this well which, according to local information, was culverted as a domestic water source in the 1960's. On a completely overgrown roadside, near the S foot of Carrick Hill.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD002-008

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Photo credits
  • Douglas P.Bermingham, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Douglas P.Bermingham, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Robin Pollard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Alex Passmore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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