Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Ballydarrig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydarrig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.97536, -10.19357
- SMR number
- KE069-015----
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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
This cross-inscribed boulder, not marked on the OS maps, is located on the lower SW slopes of Knocknadobar mountain. Its flat upper surface measures 2.8m x 1.6m and is partially overlain by a field boundary. It features three small incised crosses, a deeply grooved equal-armed cross and an inscribed cross-in-circle. The shaft of this latter motif extends beyond the circle and terminates in a flat base. The boulder is locally referred to as a mass-rock.
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. 928. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.