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Situated at what may be the N extent of the ecclesiastical enclosure (CL016-015001-) around St. Fachtnan’s church/Kilfenora cathedral (CL016-015002-) and c. 110m N of same. Indicated and named ‘Toberfaughtna’ on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Described by O’ Donovan (Comber 1997, 88) as a well with a…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL016-015010
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- Dan J J Kahn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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