What is recorded here

Holed stone in Relagh Beg is a repurposed mill wheel standing upright where the nave and chancel of Moybologue would meet. Its off-centre hole and worn concave face suggest it grinds flour before becoming a church marker. People may have touched the hole, tied ribbons to it, or simply passed it on the way to prayer. The stone carries both uses at once: a tool for living and a boundary for the sacred.

Set upright at the point where the nave and S chancel of the parish church of Moybologue would meet is a rectangular stone (Wth 0.65m; H 0.87m; T 0.1m) with a hole (diam. 0.17m) through it off-centre. The stone is actually cut from a mill-wheel that is slightly convex on the E side and concave from wear on the W side. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. See the attached image: Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 19 March 2020

Likely dating to the early medieval period, this holed stone may have had a ritual or symbolic function before being repositioned near the church. Such stones are sometimes associated with ancient traditions of passage or marking sacred spaces, though specific folklore is not recorded.

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