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Penitential station in Inishcaltra OR Holy Island

Penitential station
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Situated 33m W of the round tower (CL029-009010-) on Inis Cealtra. A grass-covered subrectangular mound of earth and stones (2.8m N-S; 2m E-W; max. H at S 0.45m). An earthfast slab (L 0.4m; H 0.2m; T 0.7m) at NW may have been a kerbstone. A second earthfast stone at SE (Wth 0.3m; H 0.3m; T 0.12m) is falling or pushed outwards and may also have served as a kerbstone. Mentioned in the OS Letters for County Galway (O'Flanagan 1927, vol. 2, 227-8) as forming part of a pattern held on the island. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 June 2016

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