Turreenneefa, penitential station in County Clare

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What is recorded here

On a narrow level rock-strewn terrace on a moderately steep E-facing slope. Indicated and named ‘Turrenneefa’ on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, a name that might be translated as ‘the little tower of the saint’. On inspection in 1997 there were no visible remains.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL006-033

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