Well in Sliss, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

This well is not marked on any edition of the OS maps. Situation and Description: All that survives of this well today is a waterlogged area. There are no traces of the dressed stone steps which are thought to have led from the external ground level to the water source. Rounds/Legends/Offerings: Fr O'Keeffe of Asdee states that no patterns or visitations have been held here in living memory, but according to local tradition these did take place in the past. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 918.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE002-018

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