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Penitential station in Achonry

Penitential station

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On a NE-facing slope, in the S corner of a field, and on the S side of Toberfinane holy well (SL032-188006-). A field boundary curves NE-NW around the cairn. The cairn consists of a low circular almost entirely sod-covered mound of stones (4.5m N-S; 4.5m E-W; H 0.4m at S; 1.4m at N just above the well). On top of it…

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On a NE-facing slope, in the S corner of a field, and on the S side of Toberfinane holy well (SL032-188006-). A field boundary curves NE-NW around the cairn. The cairn consists of a low circular almost entirely sod-covered mound of stones (4.5m N-S; 4.5m E-W; H 0.4m at S; 1.4m at N just above the well). On top of it is a small square flat-topped structure (1.2m NW-SE; 1.2m NE-SW; H 0.3m at SW; 0.75m at NE) of drystone construction. It is built up on the NE side to compensate for the sloping ground. Erected on top of the structure is a modern 'Celtic' cross, painted white, and in front of the cross, a horizontal slab which provides a flat table-like surface. The structure appears to serve as an altar (SL032-188010-). According to local information, the traditional pattern day, which is still observed, is held on the 15th of August. O'Rorke (1878, 417) stated that the 'great pile of stones' next to 'Tubber-Finneen' were 'deposited one after another by the crowds of devotees that used to frequent the place to invoke the intercession of that saint'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL032-188007

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  • JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Tubbercurry GAA Club (official website publisher); individual aerial photographer not named, tubbercurrygaa.com
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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