M0006007: St Declans Stone, Ardmore, County Waterford, Ireland

Previous title, replaced August 2020: St Declans Stone, Ardmore Co. Waterford

Photograph of St Declan's Stone. Pilgrims would scramble under it to cure their illness, often arthritis or pains in the back. The photograph was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in Dublin and accessioned in 1939 (accession number PHO 11192)

12 January 1939

1 photograph glass plate negative; 107 x 165 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: accession PHO 11192 (image 162)

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.