Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Church Island (iveragh By., Loughcurrane Ed), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Church Island (iveragh By., Loughcurrane Ed)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.83495, -10.12914
- SMR number
- KE098-039018-
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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 small upright slab is located at the head of KE098-039020-, at the S end of the row of recumbent slabs. Standing .37m high, it measures .25m in maximum width and averages .05m thick. On its smoothly dressed E face is an outline Latin cross, the upper portion of which is framed
by a single groove. At the junction of the arms and shaft is a small, encircled, equal-armed cross. Below the cross, on its dexter side, is a simple equal-armed cross. In the corresponding position on its sinister side is a T-shaped cross, surmounting a triangular base. These two features have been interpreted by Crawford as representing the crosses of the thieves (1926, 45-6).
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
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.