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- TypeRitual site - holy well
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
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- No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
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History and description
Ó Danachair (1955, 206) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Lady's Well on 1840 map. The well still exists and is known to have been a holy well, but there are no devotions and no other traditions'.
Full archaeological record 39 words
Ó Danachair (1955, 206) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Lady's Well on 1840 map. The well still exists and is known to have been a holy well, but there are no devotions and no other traditions'.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Caimin O'Brien · Updated 03 July 2019. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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