Burial in Coomanaspig, County Kerry

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

On top of a high cliff-edge in an area known locally as the 'Hermit's Garden'. According to local information, a monk is said to have been buried here but there are no visible remains of this burial. It is said locally that a cross-slab marked the grave but that it was moved in the 1900s to Killemlagh graveyard (KE096-009003-), c. 4km to the SE where it marks a family grave. This is probably the cross-inscribed stone (KE096-009002-) described by O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 360) as covering a tomb. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE087-094001

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