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
- TS074-010059-
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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 S sector, on internal ledge, positioned upside down. It is described by Ó hÉailidhe (1967, 116) as slab 53, composed of yellowish grey sandstone (dims 0.3m x 0.18m; T 0.055m). 'The bottom of this stone is shaped into a tenon. The stone bears the lower portion of an outlined cross, which broadens out at the base. Below is a perpendicular line with a round terminal at the upper end. The part of the slab which bears the cross has been cut back 3mm, leaving an irregular portion in low relief. This may indicate a former use of the same slab. The back is blank' (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.