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St Olans Stone

Ritual site, holy/saint's stone

What is recorded here

Outside N perimeter of early ecclesiastical enclosure (9199). Boulder (H 0.6m; 0.66m x 0.7m) with two depressions on its upper surface, believed to be St. Olan's footprints. One of three stations, the others are St. Olan's Well (9271) and St. Olan's Cap (7959) at which rounds are paid on St. Olan's day (Sept. 5th). Stone moved c. 1985 to within adjacent graveyard (9523).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO061-080006

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  • Hywel Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Sole Origami, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Ceoil at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Adrian King, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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