Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy tree/bush
Creevagh, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creevagh
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Kierans Trees
- Coordinates
- 53.31890, -7.99473
- SMR number
- OF005-037001-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to the OS Field Name Books these trees were 'In the E. part of Creevagh td. about 28 chains S.S.W. of the junction of the river Shannon and the tds.of Creevagh and Clonmacnoise. These trees stand in the centre of the road leading from Shannon Bridge to Ballynahown.' Not visible at ground level.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.