Derrydarragh perforated stone
The hole stone Derrydarragh (also called Cloch Liath - Irish for "Gray Stone" or Cloch Bhreac - "spotted stone" known) is on marshy ground in Tobernaveen in County Sligo in Ireland . Cloch Liath stands about 1.2 miles north of Carrowmore and may have been removed from a burial chamber. The northeast-southwest oriented perforated block of limestone is 1.9 m high, 2.6 m wide and 0.18 m thick. The hole near the ground level is oval and 0.9 m long and 0.4 m wide. Local tradition has it that it was set up at the meeting point of three parishes: Kilmacowen, St. John's and Killaspugbrone and three townlands : Tobernaveen, Derrydarragh / Oakfield and Barnasrahy. A stream flows nearby, which gave the place Tobernaveen its name ( Tobar na bhFiann - German "Fountain of Warriors" ).
Mothers used to let their sick or weak children crawl through the hole to restore their health and strength.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 15 '3 " N , 8 ° 31' 9.3" W.