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Located in the SE quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (SL011-011001-), known as ‘The Cashel’.
Indicated as ‘Altarbeg’ on the OS 6-inch maps, this small regular leacht measures 1.7 m NW/SE by 1.2 m and is 0.65 m high. The sides are formed of small and medium flat stones brought to even courses. The surface features small stony rubble as well as larger flat stones, including several small, undecorated, rounded beach cobbles or ‘cursing stones’.
A cross slab (SL001-001020-) was taken from this leacht to the OPW store house/Schoolhouse in 1989.
The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in:
Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press.
Date of upload: 16 January 2018
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