Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Penitential station
Ballynew (ballynahinch By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynew (ballynahinch By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56099, -10.07004
- SMR number
- GA022-010----
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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
Close to a byroad on a S-facing slope. It consists of a natural granite boulder surrounded on N side by a small cairn of stones, on top of which is a portion of a plain limestone cross (L 0.35m, Wth 0.3m). According to Redington (1906), this cross was decorated with a scroll design but no trace of it is now visible. Amongst the cairn stones are some of white quartz and a rounded boulder with a red streak which is supposed to be blood from St Ceannanach's head. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 106; Killanin 1954, 97-8)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.