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In a densely wooded area c. 400m from W shore of Lough Corrib. This well, correctly Tobar Drólainn (?), consists of a natural spring in a triangular rock cleft. No evidence of enclosure or veneration noted. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA068-055

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