What is recorded here

Lackenagobidane is a place of edge and memory, where a broken stone still points toward Inchidoney Island. The lower part remains embedded in the slope, while the upper fragment lies nearby, marked by old perforations and later letters. Clogh-Cinn, the stone of the headland, may have guided people past the causeway or marked a boundary between land and sea. Whatever it was, it has lost height but not presence, still standing in the imagination of the coast.

In pasture on SE-facing slope overlooking causeway to Inchidoney Island. Described by Roberts (1988, ch. 1) as 'Clogh-Cinn - the stone of the headland'; drawing shows upright stone with two kidney-shaped perforations and three semi-circular notches. The stone is now broken. The lower portion (H 0.7m; 0.65m x 0.08m) remains embedded; long axis almost E-W. A fragment of the upper portion (L 0.92m; 0.68m x 0.07m) lies 1.8m to N; remains of two perforations were noted on this; several lines and letters have been inscribed on it including the abbreviation RIP. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the stone's perforations may have had ritual or functional use, possibly as a marker or ceremonial object. Local tradition may associate it with navigation or territorial boundaries, given its position overlooking the causeway.

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