What is recorded here
Located on rock outcrop on the foreshore of Ardmore Bay. This is a large conglomerate boulder (dims. c. 1.5m x 1m x 0.85m) under which devotees crawled three times during the pattern of St Declan (Fitzgerald 1856-7, 43). (Power 1898b, 161-2; Power 1932c, 17-8)
FitzGerald, E. (1856-7) Proceedings – “Jottings in archaeology”, JRSAI 4, 40-49, 287-91. Power, Rev. P. (1898b) Excursion guides – 2: Ardmore. WAJ 4, 147-63. Power, Rev. P. (1932c) Ardmore; its founder and early Christian monuments. Catholic Truth Society. Dublin
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA040-010
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