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In Toomour graveyard (SL040-140004-), immediately to the W of a leacht cuimhne (SL040-14003-), is a large flat slab (min. dims. 1.1m x 1.1m) embedded in the ground. On its exposed surface are three, and possibly a fourth, shallow circular depressions (diam.: 0.14m; 0.16m; 0.19m; 0.3m), said to be the imprints of 'the knees of the saint of the place [probably St Luidhigh] in his constant prayers at the Altar' (O'Rorke [1889] vol. 2, 213). Also incised on this stone, close to the S edge, are three simple equal-armed crosses (dims: 0.16 x 0.15m; 0.16m x 0.14m; 0.13m x 0.14m), all 2-3cm wide, though a sketch of the stone in O'Rorke (ibid., 212) shows six crosses.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
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