Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Altar
Newhall, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newhall
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Altar (1922)
- Coordinates
- 52.80667, -9.00221
- SMR number
- CL041-062004-
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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
Situated in a grove on the N shore of Killone Lake, 125m NE of Killone Augustinian nunnery (CL041-062001-). A stone altar, c. 5m S of St John’s holy well (CL041-062003-). The altar originally consisted of two double-faced drystone walls placed 0.75m apart and aligned NW-SE. A cement slab is laid across the two walls supporting a grotto. Limestone slabs are placed at the ends of the walls and between the slabs at N is a slab bearing the following inscription: ‘This altar was built by Anthony Roch, merchant from Ennis 1731 + IHS’. Three small water-rolled stones or ‘cursing stones’ (CL041-062008-) lie on top of the altar and a large fourth one is at the base. A new stone altar table has been built immediately to the E. It’s inscription reads ‘Dedicated to the memory of Francis O’Neill, Ballyveskil. 25/10/1949 - 30/08/2009. 23 June 2010’. Mass continues to be celebrated here on June 23rd, the eve of St. John the Baptist. (Westropp 1900, 133)
The following image has been uploaded:
CL041-062004-_01.jpg View of altar from NE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 7 November 2016
References
Westropp, T.J. 1900 Augustinian houses, Co. Clare, Clare, Killone and Inchicronan. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 30, 118-35.
Nearby in the register
- Cursing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian nunsunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.