Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
Annagh (coolavin By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annagh (coolavin By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.91580, -8.45508
- SMR number
- SL046-026004-
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 top of an 'altar' or penitential station (SL046-026002-), within the W half of Annagh graveyard (SL046-026001-). The upper surface of the altar is covered with a loose jumble of stones, mostly irregular but including several water-rolled cobbles. These cobbles are known locally as 'praying stones' (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney) and are similar to the 'Clocha Breacha' (Cursing stones) on Inishmurray island, county Sligo (see Harbison 1991, fig. 37).
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
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.