Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Dromkeare, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromkeare
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Monumental Pillar
- Coordinates
- 51.84897, -10.11182
- SMR number
- KE098-021002-
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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
This stands close to the NE limits of the enclosure (KE098-021003-). It is 1.81m high, measures .41m x .12m at base and is of slightly irregular elevation. The inscription, which occurs on the NW angle, was read by Macalister (1945, 227) as:
TIDONN(A] MAQ.DOMNGINN
The initial two letters are buried, but Macalister's doubtful A is clear. The second I is not now discernible, though there is sufficient space for it. On the W face of the stone is a large outline cross potent. A vertical groove occurs at the point where the right arm meets the shaft and a dot occurs towards the centre of the cross.
The above description is derived from O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. (compilers) 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University press. (1996), no. 944. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 12 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.