'St. Coey's Well' : Holy Well
Visit Notes
Sunday, 12th February 2006
St. Coey's well is also signposted as St. Cooey's Well. The site is well (forgive the pun) maintained and access isn't too bad. Once you arrive at the car park you can either walk down some steep steps or use the ramp.
At the foot of the hill you first encounter a small graveyard and a modern altar. The alter stands within the foundations of a very small and presumably very early church. To the east of the church next to the path are three pools in a stream. These are marked Wash, Eyes and Drink. I suppose this must mean that each little station is known as a cure for different ailments, similar to the holy wells at Struell Wells (County Down).
If you follow the path from these wells down to the shoreline through the saltmarshes you reach two stones (if the tide is in as it was on my visit you may have to risk leaving the path as it does get covered by the sea.) I think these standing stones may be the penance stones that are mentioned on one of the signs.
Beyond these stones there are lots of sea filled hollows and craggy rocks in the sea. This is a place with a definite magic about it.
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