Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
An Baile Riabhach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Baile Riabhach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.15453, -10.33139
- SMR number
- KE043-140005-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Templemanaghan/Teampall Mhanacháin or Teampall Geal (KE043-140001-) and its associated burial ground lie on the lower E slopes of Lateevemore and command a magnificent view over Dingle Harbour and the Milltown valley. Cross-slabs: (1) KE043-140005- Fig. 151a This large boulder lies c. 10m to N of the oratory and measures 1.55m in length SE-NW, .62m in height and .15 to .4m in thickness. A small Latin cross and a Latin cross within an irregular circle are inscribed on its W face; the terminals of the latter are slightly expanded.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 824. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
See attached photograph courtesy of Amanda Clarke
Date of upload: 8 August 2013
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.