Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Church Island (Iveragh By., Castlequin ED), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Church Island (Iveragh By., Castlequin ED)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.93749, -10.28290
- SMR number
- KE079-032016-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (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
National Monument No. 59. Cross-Slabs: (1) (KE079-032016-) This rectangular slate slab measures 1.02m x .46m x .12m thick; its upper left corner is broken off. It features a grooved, linear Latin cross with rounded terminal expansions. It was found reused as building material in one of the Later Medieval shelters (E).
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. 927. 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
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Shrineunder 1 mi
- Shrineunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.