'Uisce Beatha' , the wonder well

Wells are a source of some debate. Their properties expounded and claimed by different factions. On a website called www.megalithomania.com

they are held in different regard by many. Personally, I feel that they were always treated

by our young ancestors,

as a wonderful source of natural nourishment. The only magic being where they sprung

from and their life-giving waters. Springing out of the earth, they sustained

travellers and their beasts, a restful feeding station. They were to play an essential part in

the Megalithic tradition which grew up alongside them. Long before the arrival of the

'holy ' men who usurped, assimilated and converted them to their cause, they were

nature's miracle.

The one shown above is, to me, the Queen of them all. Well hidden away in a quiet valley,

it's attendant fruit trees and berry bushes are carefully protected by a skillfully built high

limestone and granite wall. The perfect oval shape carefully frames the venerated pool of

ancient origin. Peering through the iron gates, the still pool surface

shimmers in the shaded sunlight. A veritable 'Garden of Eden'.

This one is very, very old--thousand's of years. The walls are just man's modern effort to

preserve it.

A fitting tribute to Uisce Beatha, a wonder well.