Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Ardane, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardane
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.41013, -8.07731
- SMR number
- TS074-010012-
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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
In the S sector of an ecclesiastical enclosure (TS074-010----) known as St. Berrihert's Kyle and incorporated in an oval stone enclosure, stepped internally, built by the OPW in 1946 (Ó hÉailidhe 1967, 102). This slab is located in the E sector, on top of the wall. It is described by Ó hÉailidhe (1967, 110) as slab 6A/6B, composed of reddish grey sandstone (dims 0.33m x 0.18m; T 0.115m). 'A cross in low relief with solid ring in the centre of which is an incised ring. Reverse of 6A. An outlined Latin cross defined by a sharp incised line' (ibid.).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Ó hÉailidhe, P. 1967 The crosses and slabs at St. Berrihert's Kyle in the Glen of Aherlow. In E. Rynne (ed.), North Munster Studies, 102-126. Limerick. The Thomond Archaeology Society.
Nearby in the register
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Inscribed slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.