What is recorded here

Clear water and sharp hunger drove the men to kill for food, but the woman refused to strike because life must continue. They drowned her instead of feeding her, then watched her body vanish into the sea. The lake keeps her name and the warning that ownership does not give the right to destroy life.

This lay loose beside another cross-inscribed stone (KE052-022002) in the burial ground (KE052-022001-) in the 19th century (Du Noyer, Antiquarian Sketches, vol.4, no.5). It was a roughly circular stone inscribed on one face with a Maltese cross within a circle. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 877. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2013

Probably dating to the early Christian period (5th–10th century), the cross inscription suggests a Christian funerary or commemorative function, possibly associated with a nearby burial ground. Such stones often marked sacred or memorial sites and may have had both religious and protective significance in local tradition.

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