Penitential station in Fahee North

One of a group of 11 cairns (CL010-137----/CL010-137001- to CL010-137011-) along the NE-shoulder of a ridge of exposed limestone and rough grazing at the top of a series of hairpin bends rising from the E. Listed as ‘Penitential station/cairn(s)’ in the RMP (1996) on the basis of a map annotation by Tom Coffey (1994, SMR file). They are described as ‘Stone-Heap Memorials’ in the National Folklore Collection Photograph no. A068.19.00001, taken in 1946. A roughly circular cairn (diam. 1.5m; H 1.3m) immediately adjacent to a smaller cairn (CL010-137004-) and lying 18m SE from the main cairn (CL010-137----). An irregular flagstone stands on top of the cairn. Glencolumbkille Church and graveyard (CL010-038002- and CL010-038003--) lie c. 800m downhill to the SE. The following images have been uploaded: CL010-137005-_01.jpg View of cairn from E CL010-137005-_02.jpg View from W CL010-137005-_03.jpg View from E with CL010-137004- adjacent Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 June 2023