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St. Colmans Tree — Kilcolman

Ritual site — holy tree/bush
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St. Colmans Tree — Kilcolman
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Situated on a plateau on a gentle S-facing slope. 'St Deglan's Tree' is recored on the Grand Jury map of Co. Waterford dated 1819 (NLI: 16 j 4), and 'St Colman's Tree' is marked on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Tober Cholmain holy well (WA038-020003-) was situated close to a sacred tree at Kilcolman church (WA038-020002-) (Fitzgerald 1856-7, 40-43), but it is no longer extant. FitzGerald, E. (1856-7) Proceedings – “Jottings in archaeology”, JRSAI 4, 40-49, 289-91. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 10th October, 2011

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