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Cross in Sceilg Mhichíl

Cross

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One arm is rounded, the other angular. That asymmetry is not a mistake, but a warning about the shape of the world. The cross still stands beside the monks' graveyard, measuring the living and the dead with two different rules.
Cross described in 1996 as follows; 'This stone cross stands close to the SW side of the Monks' Graveyard [KE104A001046-]. One arm is rounded, while the second is angular. H: 0.73m. W: 0.58m. T: 0.05m' (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 290, no. 948 (46)). See attached drawing of cross taken from The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996) Fig. 180. 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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