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'St. Patrick's Well' : Holy Well

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CountyLongford
Grid RefN 174 840
GPSN 17365 84042 (8m)
Longitude7° 44' 11.01" W
Latitude53° 48' 20.16" N
Nearest TownDrumlish (2.7 Km)
OS Sheet34
UTM zone29U
UTM x583212.29734118
UTM y5962633.5061081
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 18th September 2005

When I sat down to write notes on site I was not very complementary about it and I don't think I can be too different now. This well is covered by a pretty hideous modern concrete thing with a whitewashed concrete facade. The rear is possibly a cairn-type structure, but it's hard to say. I don't like modern wells and well houses, so I am bound not to like it.

I stopped by here for three reasons: firstly it is signposted, secondly I need to get more sites in the Longford section and thirdly because I wanted to see how it related to Corn Hill (County Longford). It doesn't! The well is situated on the northwest facing slopes of a low ridge and Corn Hill is beyond the ridge. Only the huge transmitter tells of the hill's presence.

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