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
- 52.15445, -10.33130
- SMR number
- KE043-140015-
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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 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: (6) Fig. 151d g, h and i (KE043-140013-, KE043-140014- & KE043-140015-) Three boulders in the inner wall-face of the oratory are inscribed respectively with 4, 2 and 1 simple equal-armed crosses and a 4th (KE043-140016-) bears an equal-armed cross with expanded terminals.
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.
Date of upload: 8 August 2013
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
Nearby in the register
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- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
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- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.