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Ritual site - holy/saint's stone

Ballina (Tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy/saint's stone, Ballina, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballina (Tirawley By.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
St. Patricks Rock
Coordinates
54.12105, -9.16282
SMR number
MA030-052005-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Located on the W side of the main Ballina-Killala road, opposite a holy well (MA030-052003-).
This holy stone is not shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map, but is named 'St. Patrick's Rock' on the 1930 edition. It consists of a boulder, on which according to local information, a granite cross (MA030-052004-) was once mounted. According to tradition a rag bush once stood nearby.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 17 April 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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