Well in Curraghan, County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Situated at the bottom of the S-facing slope of the NE-SW ridge of Leaan Mountain. A horseshoe-shaped earthen bank with evidence of stone facing is enclosing a wet marshy interior (int. dims 1.9m by 1.5m) in a manner similar to that of a well. It is located beside c. 10m N of a farm road, which may suggest that this was the site of a well of 19th century date.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE011-130

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