Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Penitential station
Kilmore (athlone North By., Athleague East Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmore (athlone North By., Athleague East Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54448, -8.23131
- SMR number
- RO044-013004-
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
On a low-lying area of limestone karst with low hills to the NE and SE, and a turlough to the NW. Gluain Phadraig, a bullaun basin (RO044-013002-) in the limestone bedrock is surrounded by a penitential cairn (dims 6.2m N-S; 3.4m E-W), retained by drystone walling (H 0.2-0.8m) and open to the W. On the cairn overlooking the bullaun is the damaged head of a latin cross (RO044-013003-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.