What is recorded here

One of three chamfered limestone arch stones still stands in a Dingle garden, its missing sibling lost to time. The surviving fragment carries lierne rib vaulting and a mysterious mortice, proving a grand medieval doorway once spanned the street. A third stone vanished before 1918, leaving the arch incomplete and its full purpose buried under centuries of commerce and change.

One of three fragments of a limestone arch, one of which is now missing, which are in the garden of a house in Main St., Dingle. House fragments in Main Street described in the Urban Survey of Kerry (Bradley 1987, 64-5) as follows; 'Hitchcock (1854-5, 356) described a building nearly opposite the Market House (Hussey's Castle) as having an arched passage and very thick walls. Only the arch of a medieval door and a decorated stone now survive. The site is at present occupied by Moran's Drapery. The arch Stones derive from a chamfered limestone arch with a combined span of 1.5 m. A third stone was present in 1918 (Cuppage 1986, 382, fig. 222: a,b). The other stone is in the garden at the rear of Moran' s Drapery and is an irregularly shaped six-sided stone with a panel of lierne rib vaulting on one face. The edges of the stone have a border of cable work in relief and a boss on top. There is a mortice in the back of the stone for fitting it into something. Its function is unknown. Dims. H 0.89m D. 1.37m T 0.09m'. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage et al., 'Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula.' (Oidhreacht Chorca Duibhne, 1986) Date of upload: 16 January 2012

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