What is recorded here

Two upright limestone slabs stand 1.95m apart on the northwest edge of a graveyard beside a medieval church in County Mayo. Local tradition holds that coffins passed between them en route to burial, turning the gap into a threshold rather than a barrier. The stones may have marked an old entrance, guiding the dead through a narrow doorway cut into the living world.

Located to W of a medieval church (MA123-060002-) on the NW limits of a graveyard (MA123-060003-) in the centre of an early medieval ecclesiastical enclosure (MA123-060001-). This pair of standing stones consists of two upright, irregular-shaped slabs of limestones, set 1.95m apart. The northern stone is 1.69m high and 0.2-0.4m thick; the southern stone is 1.78m high and 0.14-0.45m thick. Their function remains unknown. One possibility is that they mark an old entrance into the graveyard. According to local tradition, coffins were carried between the stones en route to burial. (Manning 1987, 45) Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy Date of upload: 3 August 2017

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the pair of standing stones may have had a ceremonial or territorial function, possibly linked to the adjacent ecclesiastical site. Such stones are sometimes associated with local folklore or as markers for sacred or significant landscapes.

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