The Kilnaruane Pillar Stone is a carved monolith and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.
Location.
Kilnaruane Pillar Stone is located about 1.6 km (1 mile) southwest of Bantry, atop a drumlin, in a square enclosure in a field.
History.
A monastery may have been founded here by Brendan in the 6th century AD.
The pillar was erected in the 8th or 9th century AD. The name may refer to "Church of the Romans", and a community which accepted the Roman dating of Easter, a major controversy in the early Middle Ages.
The monastic settlement on the site may have been destroyed by a Viking attack.
Description.
The stone is a thin schist pillar 2.1 m tall.
On the northeast face:
On the southwest face
Mortises on either side of the pillar were probably for attaching arms of the cross. Nearby are stone fragments, possibly a bullaun or the arms of the high cross.
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