Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross (present location)
Carrigafreaghane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigafreaghane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.03500, -9.48998
- SMR number
- KE066-218----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 278-90, no. 948 (76)). This cross formerly stood on a leacht (KE104A001103-) at the inner end of the entrance passage to the main terrace (KE104A001105-) on Sceilg Mhichíl. Its head and both arms are damaged. The cross is now in the care of the OPW (National Monuments Depot, Killarney). The SMR number at its original location on Sceilg Mhichíl is KE104A001094-
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
References
O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. 1996 The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork University press.
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