What is recorded here

One chamber held a broken sandstone slab marked like a cross on Skellig Michael, tying distant islands through stone. Men may have carried it from seas already crossed, or simply cut local rock until it remembered god. The chamber still stands above Ballyferriter, waiting for someone honest enough to stop calling the unknown empty.

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 J (KE042-060023-), a rough sandstone slab, broken across the top, was found within structure E. It is decorated on one face with what is probably the stem of a large expansional cross as found on the cross on Skellig Michael (de Paor 1958, pi.7). It has now been re-erected on the site. L: .83m. W: .52m. To see a 3D model of this monument, visit; https://skfb.ly/Qz9G 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

Probably dating to the early Christian period, this cross-slab likely served a commemorative or liturgical function within the burial ground. Its location on high ground suggests a connection to local spiritual practices or territorial markers.

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