What is recorded here

Pillar stone in Inishmurray is a pillar stone in Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland. Wakeman recorded it in 1886 and 1893 as an upright second stone on the Clocha Breaca leacht, describing a small, rudely built pillar so weathered that carving cannot be determined. The 1997-99 survey did not find it, leaving its current whereabouts unknown.

Recorded by Wakeman (1886, 277-78; 1893, 102-103) as standing on the Clocha Breaca leacht (SL001-001013-). Wakeman describes a ‘second stone which has been set upright in ‘Cloca-breaca’ … part of a pillar of rude construction and inconsiderable size. It is much weather worn; so much so that it seems difficult to determine whether it had been carved or otherwise.’ This stone was not found during the 1997-99 survey by O’Sullivan and Ó Carragáin; its current whereabouts are unknown. The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in: Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press. Date of upload: 16 January 2018

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the pillar stone may have had ritual or ceremonial significance, possibly linked to burial practices or territorial markers. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with ancient druids or legendary figures.

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