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- TypeRitual site - holy well
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History and description
Located towards the top of the E-facing slope of a broad drumlin, and N of the graveyard (LE025-008002-). Described in gothic lettering as ‘St. Bridget’s Well’ only on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map, it is one of two dedicated to St Bridget in Oughteragh parish, the other (LE025-009----) being c. 550m to the NNE in Camagh townland.
Full archaeological record 119 words
Located towards the top of the E-facing slope of a broad drumlin, and N of the graveyard (LE025-008002-). Described in gothic lettering as ‘St. Bridget’s Well’ only on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map, it is one of two dedicated to St Bridget in Oughteragh parish, the other (LE025-009----) being c. 550m to the NNE in Camagh townland. The precise location of this well is not known (Gallogly 1991, 7), although it might be in the laneway leading to the old graveyard where there is now a shrine. It was not involved in the pattern of the 1930s as recorded in the Schools Manuscript Collection from many local schools, but see this web-page accessed on 26/01/2017: http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4658439/4655797
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Michael Moore · Updated 5 July, 2017. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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