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- TypeRitual site - holy well
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Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
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History and description
Situated on a N-facing slope which continues down to a stream running along the base of a field boundary. A deep well which is clogged with muck and dung.
Full archaeological record 68 words
Situated on a N-facing slope which continues down to a stream running along the base of a field boundary. A deep well which is clogged with muck and dung. There is stone walling around the well and a flat lintel roof on top of which are heaped a number of loose stones. A pattern to St Anne's well was held on the 15th of August (O'Neill 1976, 63).
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 22 September 2008 · Based on the The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
Folklore and traditions
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