What is recorded here

An eighteenth-century monk may have set the crude cross beside the graveyard, marking a boundary or a buried friend. Its shallow hollows and flat head suggest quick chiselling rather than proud display. The small size invites a person to touch it, to measure it against their own body, and to imagine the urgency that shaped stone so fast.

Cross described in 1996 as follows; 'This stone cross stands close to the SW side of the Monks' Graveyard [KE104A001046-]. Two of the angles of its rudimentary arms are slightly hollowed. H: 0.66m. W: 0.34m. T 0.04m' (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 289, no. 948 (47)). The cross has a flat head. 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. 948. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 9 March 2022

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