Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cursing stone
Newhall, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newhall
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80667, -9.00221
- SMR number
- CL041-062008-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on and beside a stone altar (CL041-062004-) on the N shore of Killone Lake, 125m NE of Killone Augustinian nunnery (CL041-062001-). Three water-rolled stones (L c. 0.15m) or ‘cursing stones’ lie spread out on top of the altar and a large fourth one (L c. 0.6m) is at the base. While stones of this type are generally classified as cursing stones there is no known evidence of their use for that purpose in this instance. They may have been used as prayer stones. 'Cursing stones' are known from a variety of ecclesiastical sites and are present in a bullaun stone within an ecclesiastical enclosure in Killian townland(CL026-003007-).
The following image has been uploaded:
CL041-062008-_01.jpg View of altar with cursing stones from NE.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 30 November 2016
Nearby in the register
- Altarunder 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.