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
- 51.83491, -10.12924
- SMR number
- KE098-039043-
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
Recently attached to the inner face of the N wall of the nave of St Finan's church (KE098-039001-). A fragment (0.65m x 0.64m; T 0.075m) of a cross-slab bearing the ringed head and a portion of the shaft of a two-line outline cross. A portion of a worn inscription is visible along the right-hand side of the shaft. It has been read as 'OR DO T...' [pray for T...] (pers. comm. John Sheehan).
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.