Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy tree/bush
Clonsast Upper, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonsast Upper
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Thorn
- Coordinates
- 53.22409, -7.13251
- SMR number
- OF027-009001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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
Located on flat pasture land to the SE of Clonsast Church (OF027-008002-). This White thorn bush is marked on the OS 6-inch map beside St. Broghan's stone (OF027-009002-) which has been removed. There are no pieces of cloth attached to the bush, which indicates that there has been no pattern day to this site for quite a while.
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
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.