Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Leataoibh Meánach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leataoibh Meánach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.15266, -10.36212
- SMR number
- KE042-118002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 3 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
Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallúnach: This small calluragh burial ground and cross-inscribed stone are located at the foot of the NW slopes of Lateevemore about 150m N of the Saints road (KE034-112001-). It lies directly S of the entrance to the field in which it is located and is continually being trampled by cattle. A stone water trough has been installed at the N end of the site and this has partly displaced the cross-slab and may cause further damage in the future.
The cross-slab (KE042-118002-) measures .9m in height, .54m in maximum width and .075 to .085m in thickness. It now leans heavily to NE. The SW face is inscribed with a large, roughly equal-armed cross with widely expanded terminals. The angles between the arms and head of the cross are occupied by 3 small dots and there is 1 possible dot in one of the lower angles. These dots are paralleled on Stone D from Reask (KE042-060016-) (Fanning 1981, 143).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 865. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 8 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.