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Under hazel forest at the foot of an E-facing cliff, c. 15m SW of ‘St Mac Duagh’s Church’ (CL006-023001-). Indicated and named ‘St Mac Duagh’s Bed’ on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘Megalithic structure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A natural cave shelter (Wth 1.4m; H 1.7m; D c. 3.5m) formed of large boulders and scree collapsed from the cliff face. The cave comprises part of the early medieval hermitage of St. Colman. According to tradition the saint spent seven years as a hermit praying and fasting in the cave. A large natural rock c. 10m to the N is recorded as a bullaun stone (CL006-023006-).
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CL006-023004-_01.jpg View from the interior of the cave.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 13 May 2021
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