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Penitential station in Cloghfune

Penitential station
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In rough hill pasture, in a hollow on a S-facing slope to the E of the summit of Knocknahulla. The penitential station consists of a roughly oval gorse and grass-covered cairn (4.2m N-S; 3.1m E-W; H 0.5m) of mainly small stones, many of which are quartz. Larger quartz stones are visible intermittently along the perimeter. While making rounds at the holy well (CO127-046----), which is 8m to the S, pilgrims placed stones on this cairn. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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