Leaba Patrick, penitential station in County Galway

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What is recorded here

Close to S shore of Lough Mask and 120m NW of Benlevy Lodge. It comprises two stations, 5m apart, each consisting of a U-shaped drystone wall (D 1.5m, H 0.8m). Inside the W station is a flagstone with the impression of St Patrick's knee as well as a dressed rectangular slab bearing a pedestal cross, above which are the letters [I]NRI. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA027-015

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