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Virgins Well

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Situated at the foot of a very steep S-facing slope overlooking a stream. Natural spring now piped into a trough. Price (1967, 437) suggests the original name is Tobar Aimheirgín, rather than a dedication to the Virgin Mary.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI030-019

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Pictures: Walter Siegmund (talk), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Steve & Jemma Copley on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Dr Charles Nelson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; 瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

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