What is recorded here
In the village of Balla, located adjacent to a holy well (MA090-024001-). This is one of two stone-built penitential stations, the other being (MA090-024002-), that were associated with the holy well. They are indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as ‘Monuments’, and are described OS Letters (1838) as follows: 'There…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA090-024006
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- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, ch.pinterest.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.freepik.com
- Michael Deligan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kathy Lyons Photography (watermark on photograph), displayed by Balla Community and Rural Development, www.balla.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
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