Penitential station in Fahee South

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. Described in 1999 as ‘a broken cairn with flag’, this location (described in 1999 as 12m to the W of CL010-137----) now has just an upright (H 0.75) with no clear evidence of a cairn. It may have been disturbed as there are many modern uprights placed in the grykes in this area. Glencolumbkille Church and graveyard (CL010-038002- and CL010-038003--) lie c. 800m downhill to the SE. The following images have been uploaded: CL010-137010-_01.jpg View of cairn from S CL010-137010-_01.jpg View of cairn from NW Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 June 2023