Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Penitential station
Rosserk, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rosserk
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.16879, -9.14455
- SMR number
- MA022-083003-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located 0.9m to SW of a holy well (MA022-083001-). An irregular-shaped, partly sod-covered cairn (3.5m N-S; 2.5m E-W) of small and medium-sized stones, rising to a rounded peak (H 0.8m) at N, but with low slumping sides (H 0.15m) at S-SE. It is associated with pilgrimage activity at the holy well.
Attached image:
MA022-083003-_01.JPG Penitential cairn on left side (SW) of well
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 May 2019
Nearby in the register
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.