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Ritual site - holy/saint's stone

Duffcarrick, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy/saint's stone, Duffcarrick, County Waterford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Duffcarrick
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
St. Declans Stone
Latest-edition OS map
St. Declans Stone
Coordinates
51.95012, -7.71969
SMR number
WA040-010----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located on rock outcrop on the foreshore of Ardmore Bay. This is a large conglomerate boulder (dims. c. 1.5m x 1m x 0.85m) under which devotees crawled three times during the pattern of St Declan (Fitzgerald 1856-7, 43). (Power 1898b, 161-2; Power 1932c, 17-8)

FitzGerald, E. (1856-7) Proceedings – “Jottings in archaeology”, JRSAI 4, 40-49, 287-91.
Power, Rev. P. (1898b) Excursion guides – 2: Ardmore. WAJ 4, 147-63.
Power, Rev. P. (1932c) Ardmore; its founder and early Christian monuments. Catholic Truth Society. Dublin

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload/revision: 20 October 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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