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Ballyadams Hill

On the west-side of Ballyadams Hill is a very peculiar rock formation similar to the Burren in County Clare. It is made up of limestone rock with deep fissures running north south. The tops of the rocks are covered with foot shaped hollows. There are at least three wells in the rocks marked with little heaps of stones. These wells are almost impossible to find as the place is covered with fiirze and black-thom bushes. The largest well is about 15 inches in diameter. Two of these wells are marked on the old six-inch Ordnance Surve map as Tobeneeve "The blessed well". The other Tober-na-suil "The well of the eye". These wells in the solid rock contain water with curative powers attributed to St. Patrick for the eyes, ears and throath.