Why this matters
A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Monument — Lackan is recorded as Penitential station in Westmeath. Situated in the middle of the public road at a T-Junction. Lackan Chapel (WM006-037----) and graveyard (WM006-037001-) 500m to N and Tobercrummeen holy well (WM006-064----) 320m to SE.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: Situated in the middle of the public road at a T-Junction.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: The 1837 Ordnance Survey Name Book (No. 35, 13) for Lackan Parish described the monument as a 'heap of stones at which the peasantry lay down corpses to pray for them’ (SMR File).
What was found
The saved account records: Today there are no surface remains visible.
What remains
The saved account records: OS 6-inch map the location is depicted as 'Monument (Site of)' which indicates that the structure was removed or levelled between 1837 and 1911.
Why it mattered
Monument — Lackan matters because the source ties penitential station to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Lackan Chapel (WM006-037----) and graveyard (WM006-037001-) 500m to N and Tobercrummeen holy well (WM006-064----) 320m to SE.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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