Leacht in Inchcleraun — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Inchcleraun is a small island in Lough Ree, County Longford, where a low grass-covered stone platform still stands on the eastern edge. It may be a leacht, a burial cairn, or the remains of an ordinary structure, but its shape echoes a similar marker near Templemurry. The ambiguity is not a flaw; it is the point. A leacht resists final explanation, and Inchcleraun keeps that refusal intact beside the water.

A low grass-covered earth and stone platform is visible in the ENE sector of the monastic cashel (LF021-048----) at Inchcleraun, and may be the remains of a possible leacht or the remains of a structure. The earthwork has the appearance of a low stone cairn standing on the e edge of the island overlooking the shoreline of Lough Ree and is similar in appearance to the low irregular-shaped cairn or leacht (LF021-048015-) to the S of Templemurry (LF021-048006-). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 February 2023

Linked to early Christian monastic activity, the site may be associated with Saint Ciarán of Saigir or a local unidentified saint; leachts were often connected to saintly burials and were believed to possess healing properties, with traditions of pilgrimage and prayer observed at such sites.

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