Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Penitential station
Cloghnagaune, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghnagaune
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Bridgets Chair
- Coordinates
- 52.95265, -6.62709
- SMR number
- WI027-031002-
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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
Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope overlooking a stream, c. 280m NE of 'St. Bridgets Head Stone' (WI027-031001-), and c. 100m W of 'St. Bridgets Well' (WI027-031003-). A flat oval slab surrounded by a low wall of upright stones, with a gap at the W side (Wth 1.2m). Opposite the gap, on the E wall, is a small cross-slab (H 0.6m; Wth 0.52m), with a simple Latin cross in relief. Possibly associated with the ecclesiastical site at Colvinstown Upper (WI027-034001-).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 111/1940).
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Cupmarked stoneunder 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.