What is recorded here

In the N half of a cashel (KE068-022001-) named 'Cathair Craobh Dearg' and known locally as 'The City'. The penitential station consists of a cairn of stones (diam. 1m; H 0.7m) to the N of a mound (KE068-022009-). 'Rounds' were traditionally made here on 1st May, which marked the start of the festival of Bealtaine. Cronin (2001, 42-3) gives a detailed account of the sequence of the 'rounds'. The practice continues today and Mass is celebrated on the cairn on that day. Two possible hut sites (KE068-022010-, KE068-022011-) are to the ENE and NE, respectively. See attached photographs courtesy of Amanda Clarke Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.

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