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<< Our Photo Pages >> Aill na Mireann - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Westmeath

Submitted by durhamnature on Saturday, 20 October 2012  Page Views: 6153

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Aill na Mireann Alternative Name: Aill na Meeran, The Stone of the Divisions, Catstone, Mide Stone
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 14.409 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Co. Westmeath Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
 Nearest Village: Uisneach
Latitude: 53.486890N  Longitude: 7.56545W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Aill na Mireann
Aill na Mireann submitted by durhamnature : Great photo from Annals of Westmeath, via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Co. Westmeath

Large boulder, probably placed here deliberately.
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Aill na Mireann
Aill na Mireann submitted by durhamnature : Drawing of the fort and souterrain on the hill, from "Ancient Forts of Ireland" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aill na Mireann
Aill na Mireann submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing from "Journal of British..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Aill na Mireann by sjwburnham on Thursday, 05 May 2022
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I came across this site in connection with this stone:
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MEGALITHS in IRELAND DECIPHERED
WESTMEATH COUNTY" AILL NA MIREAN CATSTONE CLOGHSTUCKAGH"

GEODETIC CENTER OF THE IRISH SURVEY

Many more of these stones have been included in their survey.

How many more in the British Isles have such markings?

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Re: Aill na Mireann by Runemage on Sunday, 21 October 2012
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From a forum discussion http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&forum=1&topic=4526

The following is paraphrased from Jack Roberts’ ‘The Sacred Mythological Centres of Ireland’ published by Bandia ISBN 9781901 083002

In ancient times, Ireland consisted of four Provinces - Ulster, Connacht, Leinster and Munster. Each Province had its own sacred centre and at the centre of those provinces, on the Hill of Uisneach stood the huge natural stone Ail na Mírren, the Stone of Divisions, now known as the Catstone. It’s said that the stone is the entrance to the mythical fifth Province of Ireland known as Midhe. The Hill is also known as Temple Top Hill and the Navel of Ireland and from there all of the Provinces can be seen.

Many legends surround the hill. Lugh is said to have been killed there by three lesser sun-gods. The druid Midhe is said to have kindled the first fires there when the Nemedians ruled the land.

The stone itself is a large natural outcrop. Legend says it’s the Pillar of the Nation, the central stone around which the whole cycle of life revolves. The Bard or Seanchas Fintain is said to have inscribed five ridges on the stone to symbolise the five Provinces of Ireland.
Other legend says it marks the place where the great flood subsided and it’s a plug which holds those waters down. Another says Uisneach was the location of the original site of the stones used at Stonehenge and whilst there it was called the Giant’s Round.

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The Hill of Uisneach is still used today for the fire festival of Bealtaine, the first fire was lit there then all the other hilltops would blaze across the land. Excavations have shown thick deposits of burnt ground with continuity of use from the Neolithic to the late Iron Age. There is also a 252 feet diameter wheel shaped banked and ditched enclosure with two souterrains shaped like a stallion and a mare, said in legend to be the Dagda’s stables.

Michael Dames devotes a whole chapter of his ‘Ireland A Sacred Journey’ to the province of Midhe, Uisneach and the Ail na Mirren.
He says that looking at Uisneach, it’s not remarkable, but looking from Uisneach, the land is transformed.

Bob Trubshaw explains the Fifth Province concept “What we are looking at is less a five-fold division which had pragmatic functions for politics and government than at a mythological concept which forms a fundamental level of symbolism within Irish tradition.”
http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/5dirns.htm
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