Cathair Crobh Dearg
Cathair Crobh Dearg (also called Cahercrovdarrig; The City or City of Shrone) is a stone fort or dun near Gortnagane in County Kerry in Ireland . It is considered one of the oldest Christian pilgrimage sites in Ireland and was previously an important pagan fertility site. It is located east of Kerry on the County Cork border , near the Paps of Anu .
The walls of Cathair Crobh Dearg are in places more than 4.0 m thick and more than 1.5 m high. Parts of the wall in the south have been destroyed. The almost circular wall has probably been rebuilt recently. In 1841 John O'Donovan described the remains in the dun . Including the two preserved stones of a megalithic complex as a cromlech , dolmen or portal tomb . The dun also has an Ogham stone, a stone altar, a holy spring and a modern statue of the Virgin Mary within the 50 m diameter circular wall . Of particular interest to the pilgrims who visit Beltane annually is the holy spring, a symbol of the continuity of Ireland's holy places.
Cathair Crobh Dearg is considered the last bastion of Irish paganism against advancing Christianity.
literature
- Matthew Stout : The Irish Ringfort (Irish Settlement Studies, Number 5) , Four Courts Press, Dublin 1997, ISBN 1-85182-582-7
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Coordinates: 52 ° 2 '26 " N , 9 ° 15' 21.7" W.