What is recorded here

Holed stone in Mám An Óraigh stands at Kilcolman, an Early Christian church site overlooking Ventry Harbour. The small stone carries a neat circular hole and still lies loose near the old sacred ground. People may have tied ropes, hung tools or marked prayers there, while the sea wind watched from below.

National Monument No. 10044. Kilcolman/Cill na gColmán: An Early Christian church site KE042-141001- lying on the S slopes of an E-W spur of Lateevemore, overlooking Ventry Harbour. (6) (KE042-141008-) Also lying loose in the NE part of the site is a holed stone measuring .4m x .43m x .07m thick, the circular perforation measuring .04m in diameter. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 868. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

Dated to the Early Christian period, the holed stone may have had ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to the nearby church site. Such stones are sometimes associated with folklore or used as ceremonial markers in prehistoric landscapes.

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