What is recorded here

Break the skin of your thumb on the rough edge and drop blood into the hollow: that is the old test recorded for these stones. In Caheracruttera the test has lost much of its shape, half the base gone and the cup broken through, yet the hollow remains deep enough to hold a little red proof. The harbour still lies below the green slope, waiting to be seen from the top.

Dense vegetation prevents a close examination of this irregular stone-walled enclosure (KE042-096004-) which is situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking Castlemaine Harbour. Its classification remains uncertain but folklore and place name evidence suggests that it may have been an ecclesiastical site (KE045-096001-). The bullaun stone (KE042-096003-) now broken in two and lacking the greater portion of its lower section, is a rough sandstone block measuring .46 x .38m x .23m deep. The circular, almost vertical-sided depression is .24m in diameter and .15m deep. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 829. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

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