Cross-inscribed stone in Bray

Part of a group of five huts located about 80m ESE of KE087-022----. A carefully built drystone hut incorporating a series of twelve decorated stones. The motifs consist mainly of rough, equal-armed crosses, and display varying degrees of weathering. Stone A: KE087-023001-; A roughly rectangular-shaped stone, .51m x .2m, in the S side of the entrance passage, .5m below the roofing lintel. A well-preserved cross with slightly expanded terminals. 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. 1137. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

Likely dating to the Early Christian period, the cross-inscribed stone reflects the spread of Christianity in the region, possibly serving a ritual or commemorative function within a domestic or settlement context. Such decorated stones are often associated with religious practice or territorial markers in prehistoric and early historic Ireland.