Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Glanleam, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glanleam
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stone Cross
- Coordinates
- 51.92432, -10.31266
- SMR number
- KE079-059----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Cross described in 1996 as follows; 'This cross is located towards the NE end of Glanleam Woods, Valencia Island. It is situated close to a disused trackway and its lower shaft is incorporated into a well-built stone wall. The cross inclines markedly to E and its visible portion stands 1.1m high. Its shaft is 0.26m wide and the width across the arms is 0.71m. It is locally reputed to commemorate a Spaniard of royal blood who drowned in Valencia Harbour during the Armada campaign' (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 277-8, no. 947).
See attached drawing taken from O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, Fig. 177, 277.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Holed stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.