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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

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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