What is recorded here

Half a metre of green lichen and shadow, the pillar stands east of the Killeen Cormac burial ground in Colbinstown, its tapering body narrowing from a broad base to a slender top. Fitzgerald marked it at the turn of the twentieth century, but the stone itself belongs to an older time when people set markers among the dead. It does not demand attention; it waits beside the grave mound like a forgotten witness, smooth with age and silence.

To E of centre in ‘Killeen Cormac’ burial ground (KD032-044----). First recorded by Fitzgerald (1899-1902(f), 161 (G)). A heavily lichen-covered earthfast, tapering stone (H 1.13m; base L 0.38m N-S; Wth 0.32m; top L 0.35m N-S; Wth 0.15m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 21 November 2013

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the stone may be associated with the nearby burial ground and could mark a grave or have had a ritual function. Its placement within a known sacred landscape suggests a connection to local Christian or pre-Christian traditions.

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