Tobermacduagh holy well at Ballyclery, Galway

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What is recorded here

At the foot of a steep S-facing slope in rough pastureland. This spring well, named 'Tobermacduagh' on the OS 6-inch maps, is defined by an overgrown rectangular drystone chamber (L 3.7m; Wth 3.2m; H 0.9m). It is filled with stones and no relics or votive offerings were noted. When recorded by Fahey (1893, 112-3) the 'Turas' associated with it was still being observed. Circa 5m to the SE is a small cairn (6.5m E-W; 5m N-S; H 1m) surmounted by a cross (GA113-010002-) dated 1820. Two other covered spring wells lie c. 15m to the W and c. 22m to the SW respectively. (Kelly 1914, 115-16) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 2 January 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA113-010001

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