
What is recorded here
Marked on the 1912 OS 6-inch map as 'St. Dennis's Altar'. A large rectangular slab with a flat surface set on outcrop, probably a natural erratic. (CLAJ 1930, 184)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 03 August 2012
St. Denniss Alter is associated with St. Dennis, a lesser-known early Irish saint, and may have been a site of Christian worship or pilgrimage. The altar stone, likely repurposed from a pre-Christian ritual site, reflects the common practice of incorporating existing sacred landscapes into Christian tradition.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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