Why this matters
A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.
What is recorded here
In fosse of ringbarrow (11873). Irregular stone (0.63m x 0.81m; T 0.17m) with oval depression (0.15m x 0.8m; D 0.7m) on one end. Bowman (1934, 99) noted that rounds paid at stone. Locally remembered as 'stone with certain healing powers.' According to local information, no longer visited by pilgrims.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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