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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Brendan's Stone (Kilnaruane) Alternative Name: The Kilnaruane Stone,Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 1.624 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Cork Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Bantry Nearest Village: Cappanalea
Latitude: 51.671344N Longitude: 9.468038W
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2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
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A monastery was probably founded here by St Brendan The Navigator in the 6th century CE, although nothing much of that survives today.
St Brendan's Stone is actually an 8th-9th century pillar stone (gallaun) standing over 2 metres high. As the name suggests it is a slender stone that has rare carvings. The best of these is a depiction of a boat with figures inside - possibly early Christian missionaries like St Brendan (486-580) who is called the Navigator. He also founded the famous monastery at Clonfert, Co Galway, in c563 CE. On the two flat faces of the stone there are carved panels, ribbon-interlacing and a figure praying. On the SW face St Anthony and St Paul in the desert.
There are two ballaun stones with circular holes in them and some other stones scattered around within a circular earthwork bank - all that now remains of the Celtic monastery. Apparently it was raised to the ground by Viking invaders in the 9th century CE.
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