Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Ceathrú An Teampaill, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ceathrú An Teampaill
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.16021, -10.39445
- SMR number
- KE042-103010-
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
Ballywiheen Church/Teampall Bhaile Bhoithín: The remains of a simple rectangular church (KE042-103001-) are situated in a graveyard (KE042-103002-) near the foot of the E slopes of Croagh Marhin.
Cross-inscribed Stones (KE042-103004-/011-):
(7) An upright slab marking the E end of a grave about 5.7m WNW of the SW corner of the church. It is 0.31m high and 0.31m wide. Its E face bears an incised, equal-armed cross with T-bar terminals, the arms continuing slightly beyond the bars.
See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne
See attached line drawing of cross-slab taken from Cuppage 1986
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 981. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 11 July 2022
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.