Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leacht
Cuppanagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cuppanagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.95955, -8.43174
- SMR number
- SL045-011004-
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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
In a graveyard (SL045-011002-) and within a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (SL045-011003-). A leacht of St Ronán, consisting of a large square cairn with two stones on top and a number of round stones, was noted in 1837 by G. Petrie on the W side of the church (SL045-011001-); Petrie also noted that 'stations' were held there on the saint's anniversary, Good Friday (Royal Irish Academy MS, 23L44, 13). There are no visible remains of this leacht though according to local information, some of the stone from it is incorporated into one of the five burial enclosures in the W half of the graveyard.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.