This well is not marked on the OS map, so I was surprised to come across the makeshift sign pointing towards it. I followed the road for quite a way and had almost given up on finding the site when I came upon a second sign pointing down a narrow track that leads to some woods. I was even more surprised when this track opened out into a large car park.
This well is a popular place, it seems. The enclosure around it contains pulpit, a cross, a bath house and a raised room with an altar. The well is dedicated to St. Declan and is known for curing skin ailments. A sign above the well asks that pilgrims do not bathe their sores in the main well, but use a second well below the raised altar house. There is a rag-bush next to the raised structure.
At the back of the small compound there is an old, ornate turnstyle. This leads out to an ancient sunken track that is sadly overgrown. Whether this was once part of the pattern here is unclear, but it seems an odd place for such an entrance.
A mass is held here every year on 26th July.
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