What is recorded here

On the N shore of Lough Meelagh (dims c. 2km E-W; c. 600m-1km N-S), c. 75m W of Kilronan church (RO004-003001-), on the S side of the Keadew-Ballyfarnon road and just E of St Lasair's holy well (RO004-002002-). An uninscribed stone, probably intended as a headstone and known locally as an altar, consists of a rectangular limestone slab (dims 1.8m x 1.05m; T 0.1m) supported by four corner stones (H c. 1m) on which water-rolled stones are placed. It was mistaken for a megalithic monument (Borlase 1897, vol. 1, 196), and was once on the N side of the road (OS Name Books). (Hayward 1955, 135; O'Connell 1988, 61) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Linked to St Lasair, the altar at Churchacres is associated with a holy well nearby and may have been used for early Christian worship or ritual. St Lasair, a 7th-century saint, is traditionally connected with healing and fire symbolism in Irish folklore.

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