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- TypeRitual site - holy well
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
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History and description
Within SE-sector of enclosure (TS060-017001-). Access not gained.
Full archaeological record 51 words
Within SE-sector of enclosure (TS060-017001-). Access not gained. Impenetrable vegetation in this area of interior. Yellow flags at base of scarp at SE may correspond to a natural spring which may have fed the well. Spring may have originated here as ground very wet underfoot and ground slopes down to S.
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.
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Around Tobernaglory
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