Leacht in Cill Buaine

KE088-027004- is located on a fairly steep, S facing slope of Knocknaskereighta mountain, towards the head of a broad valley which is locally known as ‘The Glen’. It affords excellent views to St Finan’s Bay and the Skelligs at W. The site is associated with St Buonia (Beoanigh), who is locally reputed to have been a sister of St Patrick. It has also been suggested that the site was founded by St Brendan or by St Beoanus, his disciple (O’Donoghue 1893, 280-3). Permission to survey the site was refused, and the following description is based on summary notes and the accounts published of it by Lynch (1902a) and Henry (1957). Leacht (KE088-027009-): This feature is located at the S side of the oratory (KE088-027001-). It consists of an almost square, slightly raised area, 2.7m N-S x 2.5m E-W, which is delimited at E, S and W by contiguous upright slabs, the tops of which barely project above surrounding ground level. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 954. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

Leacht in Cill Buaine is associated with St Finbarr, a 7th-century Irish saint known for his monastic foundations in Munster. The site may have been a small early Christian oratory or cairn linked to pilgrimage or seasonal rituals, though specific cures or folklore connected to the location are not well documented.