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- TypeRitual site - holy well
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
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History and description
In a slightly marshy level area on a gentle WSW-facing slope, in pasture. Mora Church (TS069-060001-) is located 70m to the NW. This holy well was dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra, as was the nearby church (Power 1938, 66).
Full archaeological record 127 words
In a slightly marshy level area on a gentle WSW-facing slope, in pasture. Mora Church (TS069-060001-) is located 70m to the NW. This holy well was dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra, as was the nearby church (Power 1938, 66). According to the OSL (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 83 (251)) stations were performed at the well on Good Friday. The well is depicted on the 1st (1840) and 1906 ed. OS 6-inch map as a small circular feature less than 10m in diameter. A drain (long axis N–S) extends c. 100m N of the well and joins a stream. The holy well is no longer visible above ground level. It is likely that both it and the drain were blocked up during drainage and land consolidation works.
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.
Folklore and traditions
According to the OSL (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 83 (251)) stations were performed at the well on Good Friday.
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