What is recorded here
On W side of a track c. 40m NW of a grave site (GA022-057----). This well presently consists of a natural spring set in a recess in the roadside field bank. No offerings are visible and the well is now used for watering cattle in the summer.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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