Well in Stephenstown, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

Named on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as 'Mables Well'. Located on a NW facing slope above a stream under pasture. this was formerly described as an unenclosed natural spring well rising from behind a boulder (Ó Danachair 1958, 2, 72). It has since been filled in. Not visible on the ground.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU005-002

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