Altar in Dromard, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

Within a small wall enclosure in which are also two adjoining holy wells dedicated to St. Patrick (SL019-151001-) and St. Brigid (SL019-151002-) respectively. Recorded by Wood-Martin (1882, 358) as 'a simple altar shaded by a spreading oak tree' it consists of a plain rectangular stone structure (1.35m x 1.75m) bearing a Latin inscription dated 1821. Local information records that it came from the old church at Chapel Street, Sligo, and was moved to this location' (SMR (1989) file).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL019-151005

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