White Well, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

A wide shallow pool of clear water formed from a natural spring, used as a drinking place for livestock marks the site of the well depicted as 'White Well' on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. A stream runs S from the pool of water. No evidence of any votive offerings around the well or any evidence that the well was ever used as a site of pilgrimage. no evidence to suggest that this is the site of a holy well. Whitewell House located 155m to NNE and ringfort (WM033-013---) 150m to the W. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM033-015

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Thomas Gibbons, www.westmeathexaminer.ie

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