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Mass-rock in Behaghane

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What is recorded here

Toberavilla/Tobar an Bhile (KE106-032003-) is a spring well is located c. 30m WNW of Kilcrohane Medieval church and graveyard (KE106-032001-). It is covered by a low drystone structure, on top of which lies a cross-incised slab measuring .44m x .12m x .1m thick. An ash tree, marked 'Old Tree' on the first edition of the OS map, formerly stood beside the well and was locally reputed to mark the grave of St Crohane. A flat-topped boulder, referred to locally as a massrock, is located 27m E of the well. It measures 1.5m x .45m x .7m high, and beside it is a recumbent slate slab on which are a number of lightly incised crosses. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1054.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE106-032007

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Keith Cunneen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Curran / The Irish Times, www.irishtimes.com
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