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- TypeRitual site - holy well
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
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History and description
Situated immediately E of a small road on a S facing slope in the valley of a small tributary of the Mulkear River. An irregular area (c. 2.6m N-S; 2.3m E-W) enclosed by a wall of concrete blocks (H 0.9m) is filled with water to ground level.
Full archaeological record 71 words
Situated immediately E of a small road on a S facing slope in the valley of a small tributary of the Mulkear River. An irregular area (c. 2.6m N-S; 2.3m E-W) enclosed by a wall of concrete blocks (H 0.9m) is filled with water to ground level. In the National Museum of Ireland Topographical files, the site is referred to as 'a well, supposed to be holy and called St. Brigid's'.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Denis Power · Updated 20 June 2013. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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