Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Penitential station
Derrylough, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrylough
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.68158, -9.63584
- SMR number
- CO117-013----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a small reed-covered lake, on the W side of a road. According to local information, rounds were made at this lake on 8 July in the past and rosary beads were left hanging on the branches of nearby willow trees. Small islands on the lake were said to move from time to time. It was regarded locally as a twin lake of Lough Mackeenlaun in Derryrush, Co. Kerry, on the N side of the Beara Peninsula - a well-known penitential station.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.