Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
An Gorta Dubha, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Gorta Dubha
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.17088, -10.42472
- SMR number
- KE042-041003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-slab no. 535: 'A single cross-slab (535), excavated in 1991, stands against the E gable of the medieval church' (Dunne 2010, 15).
See attached plan and photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne
Date of upload: 7 July 2022
References
Dunne, L. 2010 Archaeological Survey, Dunurlin Church and Graveyard, Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry. Unpublished report for The Heritage Office, Kerry County Council (SMR file).
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.