Well in Knockavadagh, County Tipperary

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Within the E bank of a fast-moving stream and 50m NW of a motte and bailey (TS054-050003-). It is almost totally obscured by hawthorn, elderberry and ivy which over-hangs it. There is no historical or cartographic evidence to suggest that this well is of any antiquity. Its close proximity to a motte and bailey, however, may indicate an association between the two. Alternatively it may be a late landscape feature of the Waldron Estate, created along with the osiery and summer house which, unlike the well, are marked on the 1st (1840) ed. 6-inch OS map. The well, which is not named, is in a very ruinous condition. It comprises a gentle spring partially covered with limestone dry-stone walling. The mouth of the well is 50cm x 75cm. Two large regular-shaped stones lying nearby in the stream may have functioned as lintels at the head of the well. There are no deposits to indicate any religious activity, it was clearly for domestic use. Three large pieces of a lugged iron skillet were found within the spring well. There is insufficient evidence to warrant its inclusion in the RMP as it is likely to be post-1700 AD in date.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS054-050005

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