Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed pillar
Aghatubrid, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghatubrid
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Gallauns
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallauns
- Coordinates
- 51.89147, -10.21438
- SMR number
- KE088-015004-
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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 cross-inscribed pillar (KE088-015004-) is located at the NW corner of the leacht. It measures .37m x .33m at base and stands 2.9m high, tapering markedly towards its top. A poorly preserved Latin cross is carved on its badly weathered W face.
See attached drawing of cross-inscribed pillar taken from O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, Fig. 145
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. 922. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
References
O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. 1996 The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork University press.
Nearby in the register
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Shrineunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.