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In secluded glen, near the village of Aherla. Hartnett (1939, 245) described a 'large sandstone boulder 5 feet by 4 feet on top and 2 feet in height. Top surface is comparatively smooth and level, and has in centre an oval hollow 14in by 11in and 9in in depth'. Stone is known locally as "holy-water stone" and is thought to have curative powers; local tradition that 'mass was celebrated here in the Penal days' and stone used as altar (ibid.). Photographed in 1981 by Dr D.D.C. Pochin Mould; subsequently removed.
See Excavations 2002, 54.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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