Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Altar
An Bearnas íochtarach, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Bearnas íochtarach
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Altar
- Coordinates
- 55.06460, -7.82846
- SMR number
- DG035-009001-
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 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Depicted on current edition of the OS 6-inch map as 'Altar' but not marked on first ed. OS 6-inch map. The altar is associated with a holy well known as Toberenny (DG035-009-) and a Turas Station or penitential station known as Turasanree (DG035-009002-). Based on its association with the Turas the altar may be the remains of a leacht.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.