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St Brigid's Well

Kildare

A healing well of Ireland's beloved St Brigid.

St Brigid founded a famous monastery at Kildare around 480. Her well, in a peaceful garden outside the town, is still a place of pilgrimage, especially on her feast day, 1 February, the old Celtic festival of Imbolc.

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When
Ancient
Where
53.1490, -6.9100
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

Free to visit, near the Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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