What is recorded here
No cross appears, only the crucified body with outstretched arms and crossed feet, while a haloed woman reaches toward him and receives a chalice from a winged angel. The sandstone plaque sits above the rebuilt south wall in County Kerry, beside an ogham stone and architectural fragment. It may have been part of an altar, carrying the chamber’s oldest visible prayer into the room where people still worship.
Within a church (KE066-016001-). Set on top of the rebuilt S wall of the church, to the E of an ogham stone (KE066-016005-) and an architectural fragment (KE066-016008-). A sandstone block (L 0.66m; Wth 0.56m; H 0.46m) with a depiction of the crucifixion on one face (set facing N). The carving shows the crucified haloed Christ figure with outstretched arms and crossed feet. The cross itself is not depicted. At a lower level is a haloed female figure whose right hand is shown reaching towards the crucified figure and whose left hand accepts a chalice from a winged angel at the far right-hand side. Kissane (1995, 8) suggests that it is probably a fragmented part of an altar block.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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