What is recorded here

Carn stands as a vanished stone marker beside an Offaly church, remembered only through conflicting map lines and human uncertainty. Whether it marked a grave or collected pilgrim stones, the cairn disappeared from the ground while its name resisted forgetting. That gap between memory and visibility is the true shape of the place: a stone identity living on after the stones themselves were lost.

Not visible at ground level. Marked on 1908 edition of OS 25-inch map as 'Carn' located 110m to the SSE of nearby church (OF027-00008002-), however on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map the carn is depicted at a different location. On this map the cairn is shown located 100m to the SSW of the church, where it is annotated as a 'Carn' standing in the SW corner of the field where the church and graveyard is located. Comerford (1883, 124-5) was not certain whether the carn marked a grave or was raised by pilgrims visiting the nearby church (OF027-008002-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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