Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
An Chathair Bhearnach, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Chathair Bhearnach
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.85135, -10.12903
- SMR number
- KE098-013001-
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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
St Finan's Well/Tobar Fhionáin (KE098-013----) is a subrectangular stone-lined well is located on the lower SE slopes of Knag, overlooking Lough Currane to S. It is capped with two lintels, over which a domed stone structure was erected around 1960.
In a niche near the top of the dome, above the well-opening, is a cross-incised slab which measures 0.56m x 0.24m x 0.07m thick.
See attached photograph of cross-slab standing over St Finan's Well, Co. Kerry, taken 1946 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.18.00056 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16788.
See attached colour photograph courtesy of Amanda Clarke.
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. 1056. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.