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- TypeRitual site - holy well
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
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History and description
On SW side of Gleann an Mháma overlooking Joyce's River on the valley floor. This spring well, correctly Tobar na Seacht nlníon, consists of a small wet hollow at the foot of a rock scarp.
Full archaeological record 86 words
On SW side of Gleann an Mháma overlooking Joyce's River on the valley floor. This spring well, correctly Tobar na Seacht nlníon, consists of a small wet hollow at the foot of a rock scarp. It appears to have been originally covered by a lintel (now displaced) and there is also a small drystone cairn nearby. The well is now completely overgrown and long disused but is said to have been frequented in November (pers. comm. T. Robinson). (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 42; Hardiman 1846, 120-1)
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 05 August 2010 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
Folklore and traditions
The well is now completely overgrown and long disused but is said to have been frequented in November (pers. comm. T. Robinson).
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