Cross-slab in An Riasc

National Monument No. 519. Calluragh burial ground/An Cheallnúach: KE042-060001- is located about 1.25km E of the village of Ballyferriter on approximately the highest point in the townland with a good view to the N over Smerwick Harbour. (8) Cross-inscribed pillars and slabs: Stone G (KE042-060021-) was found within the oratory. It is of red sandstone shaped to give a rounded circular head and a tapering shaft now broken. The main dressed face is decorated with a recessed Maltese cross within a circle below which a step pattern, symmetrically carved, gives a double traverse effect to the stem. The stem pattern expands into a spiral design directly below the cross, and there are traces of a titulus motif above the cross. The opposite face of the slab is decorated with a plain Latin cross. L: .55m. W: .35m. T: .5m. This stone is now Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Co. Chiarraí (pers. comm. Isabel Bennett) where it has been assigned the monument number KE042-170----. To see a 3D model of this stone visit: https://skfb.ly/MDuo The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 874. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

Date likely to the early Christian period, given its form as a cross-slab, commonly found in burial or ecclesiastical contexts. Such stones may have served as grave markers, Christian symbols, or had ritual significance within the local landscape.