Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Baile An Chnocáin (tc Cill Chuain), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Chnocáin (tc Cill Chuain)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.23529, -10.25474
- SMR number
- KE034-047003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
'A cross-inscribed slab stands at the entrance to the oratory (KE034-047001-), 0.6m high, 0.5m wide and 0.1m thick. A modern cross has been erected on the immediate eastern side of the oratory. This also appears to have been built into cairn-like material' (Cuppage 1986, 263-4, no. 818).
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.