Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Shrine
Ceathrú An Lisín, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ceathrú An Lisín
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.08059, -9.57552
- SMR number
- GA119-087004-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Within a graveyard (GA119-087002-). A flat triangular-shaped holed stone (L 1.53m; max. Wth 0.97m; T 0.1m) indicates the former presence of a slab shrine or monumental reliquary here. This stone is one of the end stones of the structure. The shrine probably held the bones of the of the founder of the nearby church (GA119-087001-). The circular hole near its base would have allowed pilgrims touch the relics or sacred earth within (Waddell 1996, 118, 129). Fragments of a similar shrine also survive in Eoghanacht on Árainn (see GA110-019001-).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 8 August 2019
References
Waddell, J. 1994 (Reprint 1999) The archaeology of the Aran islands. In J. Waddell, J.W. O'Connell and A. Korff (eds.), The book of Aran. The Aran islands, Co. Galway. 75-106. Galway. Tír Eolas.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.