What is recorded here

Kilnavert holds a large irregular boulder tall enough to force a person to look up and wide enough to carry the weight of a secret life. Local memory claims the stone became an altar during the Penal times, using two natural depressions on top to hold water and wine while a hidden church breathed around it. Even if that claim is only legend, the shape of the story fits the stone because a smooth upward surface with small hollows is exactly what a desperate worshipper would choose in the dark. The field boundary and survey mark added later did not erase that use; they layered onto it, which is how ordinary places keep their extraordinary parts alive.

Marked on all OS eds. Large irregular boulder (H 1.1m; dims. 1.15m x 0.76m) orientated E-W. A hole has been cut into the top of the stone to hold a wooden post which forms part of the field boundary. The stone was used as an altar during the Penal times and two apparently natural depressions in its upper surface were used to hold the water and wine (local information). Also on top of the stone is an OS bench-mark. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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