Architectural fragment

The National Monuments Service's description

One of three fragments of a limestone arch, one of which is now missing, which are in the garden of a house in Main St., Dingle.

House fragments in Main Street described in the Urban Survey of Kerry (Bradley 1987, 64-5) as follows; 'Hitchcock (1854-5, 356) described a building nearly opposite the Market House (Hussey's Castle) as having an arched passage and very thick walls. Only the arch of a medieval door and a decorated stone now survive. The site is at present occupied by Moran's Drapery. The arch Stones derive from a chamfered limestone arch with a combined span of 1.5 m. A third stone was present in 1918 (Cuppage 1986, 382, fig. 222: a,b). The other stone is in the garden at the rear of Moran' s Drapery and is an irregularly shaped six-sided stone with a panel of lierne rib vaulting on one face. The edges of the stone have a border of cable work in relief and a boss on top. There is a mortice in the back of the stone for fitting it into something. Its function is unknown. Dims. H 0.89m D. 1.37m T 0.09m'.

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage et al., 'Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula.' (Oidhreacht Chorca Duibhne, 1986)

Revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 19 April 2022

References

Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1987 Urban archaeological survey - county Kerry. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.

Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.

Hitchcock, R. 1854 Kerry papers: notes on the round towers. Proceedings of the Kilkenny and Southeast of Ireland Archaeological Society, 1-4.

Hitchcock, R. 1852 Dingle in the Sixteenth Century. With an Introduction and Notes.Transactions of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society 2, 133-143.