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Cross-slab

Church Island (Iveragh By., Loughcurrane ED), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross-slab, Church Island, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Church Island (Iveragh By., Loughcurrane ED)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.83490, -10.12940
SMR number
KE098-039013-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (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

This broken trapezoidal slab is now in the church (KE098-039001-). Its upper surface is polished and the slab measures .34m in maximum width, tapering to .29m at its foot; it is 1.58m long and averages .05m thick. The shaft of an outline Latin cross, set within an angular two-line frame, carries a partially defaced inscription. Macalister (1949, 98) read this as:
BENNACHT F(or) ANMAIN GILLE IN
CHOMDED I BUICINE ADBUR RI CIARRAIDI
The inscription is preceded by a minute initial cross disposed within an incised lozenge.

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. 974. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 18 June 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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