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- TypeRitual site - holy well
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
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History and description
Situated within a graveyard on the NW slope of Colvinstown hill. An approximately circular pool (dims. c. 1.2m E-W; 0.8m N-S), with a semi-circular corbelled wall at the E. It is now surrounded by a wire fence.
Full archaeological record 61 words
Situated within a graveyard on the NW slope of Colvinstown hill. An approximately circular pool (dims. c. 1.2m E-W; 0.8m N-S), with a semi-circular corbelled wall at the E. It is now surrounded by a wire fence. Mentioned in OS Name Books that the well was not used for drinking water as it is within Colvinstown graveyard (WI027-034002-). (ITA Survey 1945)
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 17 December 2008 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
Folklore and traditions
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