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Ritual site - holy well

Lady's Well

Holy well in Rathduff, County Tipperary, Ireland.

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  • National MonumentNot recorded
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
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Rathduff (Cullen Par.), Co. Tipperary52.51261, -8.27562
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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

On flat poorly drained grassland with nearby well (TS058-027----) 125m to E, church (TS058-025----) and graveyard (TS058-025001-) 120m to S and castle (TS058-028----) 209m to E. No surface remains visible well has been filled in and there is a slight depression where the well was located. On the first edition OS 6-inch map this well was marked as Patrick's well and the well to the E was marked as Lady's well.

Full archaeological record 113 words

On flat poorly drained grassland with nearby well (TS058-027----) 125m to E, church (TS058-025----) and graveyard (TS058-025001-) 120m to S and castle (TS058-028----) 209m to E. No surface remains visible well has been filled in and there is a slight depression where the well was located. On the first edition OS 6-inch map this well was marked as Patrick's well and the well to the E was marked as Lady's well. These two wells had their names transferred from one to the other on the latest edition OS 6-inch map. In the OS Namebook this well is described as a well of 'great antiquity but there is no sanctitude attributed to it (OSFNB).

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Jean Farrelly · Updated 26 August 2011. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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