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Laghtpatrick - Indicated

Penitential station

What is recorded here

In pasture. No extant trace of 'a remarkable stone surrounded by Brushwood' (OSNB No. 86, 192). Field boundaries to E and W of site have been removed. Single ash tree in field known locally as "St. Patrick's Tree"; here, according to local tradition, St Patrick killed the last snake in Ireland. Traditionally associated with St Patrick's Well (LI037-02506-) located c. 1,000m to SE (O Danachair 1955, 204). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Linked to St. Patrick, the site is associated with a tradition of pilgrimage and healing. The single ash tree known as "St. Patrick's Tree" may mark the location of a former holy well or sacred space connected to the saint’s legendary travels in Ireland.

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