Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
Aghanagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghanagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.03585, -8.33512
- SMR number
- SL040-170003-
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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
Adjacent to a stream which exits from St Maine's holy well (SL040-170001-) and flows to O'Rourke's Ford (SL040-170002-). In 1836 it was recorded that 'the print of the saint's [St Maine] knees while praying are to be seen on a large stone at the stream' (OSNB vol. 1, 70). There are no visible remains of this stone.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fordunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.