Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
Philipstown (ardee By., Mosstown Par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Philipstown (ardee By., Mosstown Par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81838, -6.46296
- SMR number
- LH017-064002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A stone bearing the mark of St. Kevin's knees is said to be located at St. Kevin's Well (LH017-064001-) (IFC Schools MSS 674, 60). No visible trace of either at ground level. An archaeological assessment (Excavation Licence 98E584) was carried out immediately to the E but did not reveal anything of archaeological interest (Meenan 1998).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 21 June 2012
References
Meenan, R. 1998 Report on an archaeological assessment at Philipstown, County Louth. Unpublished report. National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.
IFC Schools' MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts. Department of Folklore. University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.