Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inscribed stone
Ardfert, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardfert
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- KE020-046016-
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to the 'Urban Archaeology Survey of County Kerry' (Bradley, Halpin and King n.d., 20-1), Hickson (1874, 2-3) recorded the discovery of a datestone inscribed as follows:
'HOC OPUS INCEPTUM Ao. DNI. 1633
ET FINITUM Ao. DNI. 1635
DAVID CROSBIE ARMI;
UBI FIDES ET VERITAS DEUS PROVIDEBIT'.
The datestone was discovered in the ground where a late 16th/early 17th-century house (KE020-046015-) formerly stood. According to Bradley, Halpin and King (ibid.), the slab was not located.
Compiled by: Sheila Ronan
Date of upload: 10 January 2012
Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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