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Situated within the complex of ecclesiastical remains at Kill: it lies 9.6m to SSE of the holy well (MA085-013004-) just outside the line of the enclosure (MA085-013008-). It consists of a small low amorphous grassed-over mound (H 0.3m max.), roughly egg- shaped in plan (NE–SW 3.8m, NW–SE 2.2m). At its wider, south-western end, a number of small stones and one large slab (0.95m max. dim.) protrude from the sward. Though it bears a superficial resemblance to the island’s many fulachtaí fia, the morphology of this mound marks it off from the latter. Possibly a penitential monument related to the ecclesiastical remains. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 4 December 2018

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Penitential station in Strake

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