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Stone Pile

Penitential station

What is recorded here

Map note: Around Carrowkennedy, County Mayo, Ireland, the map records Stone Pile as a penitential station. The building's name has a tale to tell, even when the record is short.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA097-014002

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  • Egbert Polski, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Suzanne Mischyshyn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ridiculopathy, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Keith Salvesen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
  • Newbert12, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Picture: Abbeyglen Castle Hotel
  • Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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