Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
Dubhachta, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dubhachta
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- GA026-009002-
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 3, 25), 'a flag stone called Leac Feichin, by which men were put to the ordeal!', was located near St Feichin's well (GA026-009001-). No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 30 January 2023
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Galway collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Typescript in 3 vols. Bray.
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