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
- 51.83492, -10.12908
- SMR number
- KE098-039021-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Located 5m E of the church (KE098-039001-), this irregular slab of sandstone measures .7m in maximum length, .32m in maximum width, and averages .06m thick. It bears an outline cross with open, widely splayed terminals to its shaft.
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.