What is recorded here

Killaclug cashel, County Cork: a 1.1 m rectangular slab stands parallel to the west bank beside its probable entrance. It marks the threshold where the cashel opens to the valley, a boundary made visible rather than buried. People may have passed it for generations, reading entry, warning or belonging in its shape.

Standing parallel to and outside W bank of cashel (CO070-028001-). Slab (H 1.1m; Wth 1.1m) is rectangular in plan, beside probable entrance to cashel. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Probably dating to the Early Christian or Bronze Age period, this standing stone may have marked or reinforced the entrance to the cashel, potentially serving a ritual, symbolic, or defensive function. Its alignment and placement suggest a connection to the broader landscape and site organization, though specific folklore or detailed meaning is not recorded.

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