Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Coolmagort, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolmagort
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.06009, -9.63339
- SMR number
- KE065-079001-
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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
Toberchreest/Tobar Críosta (KE065-079----) is a shallow, slab-lined well is located in woodland close to the W bank of the River Loe, a tributary of the Laune. It occurs at the base of a domed structure, roughly built in stone, which stands 1.52m high and measures 1.6m in diameter. The structure is surmounted by a modern iron cross.
Lying 1m to E is a thin slab, .37m x .31m, which features crosses on both faces; on the first is a small Latin cross, with expanded terminals, and the letters J, W and D beneath, while the second face features a similar, though larger, cross.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1061. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.