Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
Duffcarrick, County Waterford, Ireland
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----
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
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.