Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy tree/bush
Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonmacnoise
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 53.32199, -7.99281
- SMR number
- OF005-036----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1811 · 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
No remains of the holy tree marked on 6-inch map as 'Meenadugh Tree' that was associated with St Kieran of Clonmacnoise. According to the OS Field Name Books ' It is about 30 chains W.S.W. of the Seven Churches, on the S. side of the road to Shannon Bridge. It is an old tree, which the country people say has the power of curing certain diseases in any person who can grasp it.' (OSFNB 1837-40).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Crucifixion plaqueunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.