Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Ardkearagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardkearagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.80081, -10.16993
- SMR number
- KE098-088004-
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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
Cross-slab (KE098-088004-) and Leacht (KE098-088005-): The cross-slab stands at the NE corner of low, overgrown, stony mound, located c. 8m E of the enclosure. This possible leacht is poorly defined, measuring c. 3.2m N-S x c. 4.4m E-W. It is composed mainly of small stones, but a number of large slabs lie on its surface. The cross-slab stands .56m high and measures 11m wide x .15m thick at base; its extensively pitted W face features a neatly executed, encircled, linear cross.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 925. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.