Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stoup (present location)
Carrigafreaghane, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigafreaghane
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.03500, -9.48998
- SMR number
- KE066-254----
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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
The cuboid-shaped stone stoup (L 0.2m; Wth 0.15m; T 0.12m) was in the larger oratory (KE104A001039-) on Sceilg Mhichíl (Foley 1903, 18) but is now in the care of the OPW (National Monuments Depot, Killarney). It has a circular bowl-shaped hollow (diam. 11.5cm; D 6cm) on its upper surface and on one of its sides is carved a stylized angel surmounted by an equal-armed cross. Lavelle (1976, 16) notes that this stoup is considered to be late 17th/early 18th century in date and that its presence on Sceilg Mhichíl 'is not clearly understood'.
Cross-reference with KE104A001156-
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 11 March 2022
References
Lavelle, D. 1976 Skellig, island outpost of Europe. The O'Brien Press. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.