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Tobernafiaghanta

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In a sheltered area of rocky scrub with higher ground to N and W and with a penitential station (CL010-026002-) standing at its NW edge. Named ‘Tobernafiaghanta’ on the Cassini edition (1916) of the OS 6-inch map. According to logainm.ie, ‘Tobernafiaghanta’ can be translated as ‘Well of the Hunters’. A small, natural,…

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In a sheltered area of rocky scrub with higher ground to N and W and with a penitential station (CL010-026002-) standing at its NW edge. Named ‘Tobernafiaghanta’ on the Cassini edition (1916) of the OS 6-inch map. According to logainm.ie, ‘Tobernafiaghanta’ can be translated as ‘Well of the Hunters’. A small, natural, water-filled hollow (L 0.5m NW-SE; Wth 0.35m NE-SW; D 0.87m) is half-filled with water (D 0.42m) and contains some votive coin offerings Closely associated, c. 30m to the WSW, is an alignment (NW-SE) of four penitential stations (CL010-026003-, CL010-026004-, CL010-026005- and CL010-026006-). Three more penitential cairns (CL010-026007-, CL010-026008- and CL010-026009-) are located c. 90m to the SW; while c. 400m to the NE is another alignment (ENW-WSW) of four penitential cairns (CL006-140001-, CL006-140002-, CL006-140003- and CL006-140004-) with a fifth cairn (CL006-140005-) offset c. 90m to their S. Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 14 December 2022

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL010-026001

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