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Penitential station

Termon, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Penitential station, Termon, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Termon
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.05062, -9.04481
SMR number
CL010-026005-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On level rough grazing, scrub and exposed limestone pavement with higher ground to the W. This is one of an alignment (SE-NW) of four penitential stations (along with CL010-026003-; CL010-026004- and CL010-026006-) with the closest located c. 8m to the SE (CL010-026004-) and c. 8m to the NW (CL010-026006-). This is a tall, roughly circular (H 1.7-1.9m L 2-2.2m) well-built drystone cairn.
Also associated are ‘Tobernafiaghanta’ holy well (CL010-026001-) and another penitential station (CL010-026002-) c. 50m to the E, along with three more penitential cairns (CL010-026007-, CL010-026008- and CL010-026009-) located c. 50m to the SW. Further away (c. 450m to NE) is another alignment (ENE-WSW) of four penitential cairns (CL006-140001-, CL006-140002-, CL006-140003- and CL006-140004-) with a fifth cairn (CL006-140005-) c. 90m to their S.

Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Lynda McCormack

Date of upload: 15 December 2022

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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