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Shrine

Caherlehillan, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Shrine, Caherlehillan, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Caherlehillan
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.98601, -10.07881
SMR number
KE070-043003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In the NE quadrant of the ecclesiastical enclosure (KE070-043----). Excavation of this early medieval corner-post shrine took place during the undergraduate training programme of the Department of Archaeology, UCC (Sheehan 2000a, 89; 2004, 211; 2006, 214). The shrine (1.9m x 1.9m; H c. 0.8m), whose sides are formed of large, thin sandstone slabs, has a taller upright pillar at each corner. Three of the original corner-posts survive, one of which features a linear cross with a bifid terminal at the top of the shaft. The shrine appears to have been deliberately positioned over a primary grave, of 'lintel-grave' type, within which lay a small stone cross. Two cross-slabs (KE070-043002-, KE070-043004-) stand on the W side of the shrine. (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 263-5, no. 934)

See attached photographs courtesy of Amanda Clarke

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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