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Situated on the steep E-facing slope of a ravine with a N-S stream c. 80m to the E. The well, known locally as 'Tubber Cill Eilbe', is traditionally thought to have curative properties. It is a natural spring (dims. x. 0.7m x c. 0.5m) now enclosed in a rectangular enclosure (int. dims. 2.4m E-W; 2.2m N-S) defined by concrete walls. Two ogham stones, one broken, that were originally used as lintels over the well (Westropp 1906, 251) are now placed beside it. They were read by Macalister (1945, vol. 1, 266-7) as: 1, QRIT [...] MAQ[I LO]BACONA AVE NEAGRACOLINEA; 2, NETAVROQI MAQI QIC[... .
Situated on the steep E-facing slope of a ravine with a N-S stream c. 80m to the E. The well, known locally as 'Tubber Cill Eilbe', is traditionally thought to have curative properties. It is a natural spring (dims. x. 0.7m x c. 0.5m) now enclosed in a rectangular enclosure (int. dims. 2.4m E-W; 2.2m N-S) defined by concrete walls. Two ogham stones, one broken, that were originally used as lintels over the well…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA024-061001
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- John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- ethics girl, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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