Cloghvanaha, ritual site in County Mayo

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

In pasture, on the E edge of Shrule village, located at the site of Shrule abbey (MA122A005001-). The name 'Cloghvanaha' is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map adjacent to the site of the abbey; it is not shown on later map editions. The Ordnance Survey Name Books (1838) record it as follows: “The site of an old abbey -near the E corner of the latter is a large stone Cruckvahina or the Blessed stone.” There is no visible trace of the stone.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA122A005002

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