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Crossatemple

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Located close to an eroding shoreline cliff edge, at the SE end of the enclosure (SL001-002002-) which surrounds Templenaman church (SL001-002001-) and graveyard (SL001-002007-). This leacht is named ‘Crossatemple’ on the 1837 and 1912 OS 6-inch maps. It is a well-made rectilinear cairn of flat slabs and small rubble,…

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Located close to an eroding shoreline cliff edge, at the SE end of the enclosure (SL001-002002-) which surrounds Templenaman church (SL001-002001-) and graveyard (SL001-002007-). This leacht is named ‘Crossatemple’ on the 1837 and 1912 OS 6-inch maps. It is a well-made rectilinear cairn of flat slabs and small rubble, measuring 2.4 m north/south by 1.6 m east/west and 0.8 m high. It is surmounted by an ornate cross slab (SL001-003002-) and also by several beach rolled cobbles, possibly ‘cursing stones’ (these are not decorated). Several small unmarked grave stones (sandstone slabs) cluster about the foot of the leacht on the south and east and some flat slabs lying within the turf on the south side may be a remnant of paving. This is a National Monument (no. 117) in state ownership. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Cork. The Collins Press.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL001-003001

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