Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Architectural fragment
Kilnanare, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilnanare
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.16563, -9.63473
- SMR number
- KE047-044005-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In the SW corner of Kilnanare church (KE047-044002-). A loose rectangular block of stone (c. 0.4m x 0.3m) decorated on one of its surfaces with a low relief, interlaced pattern of five-strand wide bands. McDonnell (1965, 190) refers to the stone, which was used as a grave-marker in the church, as the 'True Lovers' Knot'. The stone is traditionally associated with a woman and her lover who were buried on either side of the church wall. Roses planted on their graves grew upwards and intertwined, giving rise to the stone being known locally as the 'briar and rose stone'. A second stone (KE047-044006-), with a similar design, has also been noted in this church.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.