What is recorded here
Situated on a N-facing slope on the E bank of the N-S Glenfinish stream at a point where it turns W. It is known as 'St Michael's Well' and still venerated. A circular stone-lined well (dims. 0.85m x 0.75m; H 0.7m) is beneath a tree which has a cairn (diam. 3m; max. H 0.8m) around its base.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA019-001
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Jonathan Billinger, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hywel Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- john salter, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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