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- TypeRitual site - holy well
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
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History and description
On E bank of small river valley in gently rolling terrain, under tillage and pasture. The OS Letters (1839) refer to, 'a large spring well about a furlong [c. 200m] to the west of Art an Fhiona in the same Townland, which the people know as Tobar Patraig, i.e., Patrick's Well.
Full archaeological record 89 words
On E bank of small river valley in gently rolling terrain, under tillage and pasture. The OS Letters (1839) refer to, 'a large spring well about a furlong [c. 200m] to the west of Art an Fhiona in the same Townland, which the people know as Tobar Patraig, i.e., Patrick's Well. It has no character for sanctity, nor is it held in more veneration than other springs' (O'Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 109 (36)). It is also mentioned by Carrigan (1905, 366). The spring survives as a silted-up pond.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Jean Farrelly · Updated 15 May 2019. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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