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St. Patricks Stone

Ritual site, holy/saint's stone

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What is recorded here

Marked 'St. Patrick's Stone' on the 1835 and 1938 'OS 6-inch' maps. A large natural boulder with three circular depressions, which, according to tradition are the prints of St. Patrick's knees and staff (Davies 1944, 296; IFC Schools' Mss 679, 181).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH024-010002

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