2025:418 - PORTHAW HOLY WELL, Donegal
County: Donegal
Site name: PORTHAW HOLY WELL
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DG029-023
Licence number: 25E0038
Author: Martin McGonigle, C/O John Cronin & Associates
Author/Organisation Address: Burnside, St Oran's Road, Buncrana, County Donegal
Site type: Ritual site - holy well
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 633407m, N 933253m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.145485, -7.475973
Archaeological monitoring at Porthaw Holy Well was undertaken on 27 February 2025. The works that were monitored included the excavation of three foundation pits (A, B, C) for a new handrail and a foundation pit for a new interpretive sign, as well as the lifting of a broken flagstone and the collection and inspection of stones and boulders from the seashore, to be used in the building of a wall beside the well. Nothing archaeological interest was identified during the monitoring works.