Tobercurrin, holy well in County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In a hollow in generally wet low-lying ground. A spring well now covered by a concrete well-house. There is a road a few metres to the S of it and a series of concrete steps lead to the well from this road. There is no evidence of recent veneration at this well.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL020-168

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