Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cursing stone (present location)
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34018, -6.25499
- SMR number
- DU018-409----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This record refers to five cursing stones that were removed from Inishmurray, Co. Sligo (see SL001-001015-), to the National Museum of Ireland. For a description of these stones and associated rituals see J. O'Sullivan and T. Ó Carragáin, Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. (Collins Press, 2008), pp. 105-10, 335-41.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 29 October 2013
References
O'Sullivan J. and Ó Carragáin T. 2008 Inishmurray: Monks and Pilgrims in an Atlantic Landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. The Collins Press. Cork.
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