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- TypeRitual site - holy well
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History and description
Templemoyle ecclesiastical complex consists of a modern rectangular graveyard 22m N-S, 20.5m E-W. To the N is a sub-rectangular area 12m E-W, 10.4m N-S with a level interior enclosed by a stone wall 1m high (DG004-052001-). Nearby, but now destroyed was a holy well (DG004-052004-) and a dallan or pillar stone (DG004-052007-) dedicated to St. Adomnán (Ó Muirgheasa No. 92).
Full archaeological record 113 words
Templemoyle ecclesiastical complex consists of a modern rectangular graveyard 22m N-S, 20.5m E-W. To the N is a sub-rectangular area 12m E-W, 10.4m N-S with a level interior enclosed by a stone wall 1m high (DG004-052001-). Nearby, but now destroyed was a holy well (DG004-052004-) and a dallan or pillar stone (DG004-052007-) dedicated to St. Adomnán (Ó Muirgheasa No. 92). Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 9136 as 'St. Adamnan's turus at Templemoyle, parish of Cloncha. The well was near Aughnaclay N.S., and beside it was a dallan or pillar-stone to which persons used to rub the affected part when making the turus. This stone, I am informed, has been destroyed'(Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 157).
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated · Updated 02 November 2011. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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Around St. Adamnan's Well
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