What is recorded here
In a children’s burial ground (MA027-001001-). There is a altar (1.75m E-W; 1.65m N-S; max H 1.2m), crudely constructed of stones, at the NNW end of the burial ground. Aldridge (1969, 86) recorded it as ‘an altar of rough stones, with a curiously shaped water worn stone standing at each corner’. Aldridge (1969, 86) noted a cross-inscribed stone (MA027-001003-) on the altar.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy and Paddy O’Donovan
Date of upload: 12 December 2017
A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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