What is recorded here

Mám An Óraigh holds a cross-inscribed stone at Kilcolman, an Early Christian church site overlooking Ventry Harbour. The stone stands .75m high and .66m wide, its outer face marking a cross with expanded terminals. It remains set into the lane wall north of the enclosure, waiting for people to notice the old faith buried beneath the harbour view.

National Monument No. 10044. Kilcolman/Cill na gColmán: An Early Christian church site KE042-141001- lying on the S slopes of an E-W spur of Lateevemore, overlooking Ventry Harbour. (8) The stone set into the lane wall to N of the enclosure is .75m high and .66m wide and its outer face is inscribed with a cross with expanded terminals. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 868. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

Probably dating to the Early Christian period, the cross-inscribed stone likely served a liturgical or commemorative function, possibly marking a sacred space or burial site. Such stones are often associated with Christian monastic activity and may reflect local traditions or the spread of Christianity in west Kerry.

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