Ecclesiastical site in Shronahiree More — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Inse Rua graveyard holds church foundations, a bullaun stone and three cross slabs where a vicarage already stood in 1482. The place sits at the mouth of Cloon valley beside the Owenroe river, carrying several names and a boundary marked by a low scarp. It is the kind of spot where prayer, death and daily life still touch the stone.

This site is located within the boundaries of Inse Rua graveyard at the mouth of Cloon valley, a short distance E of the Owenroe river. Three names for the site were recorded in the OSNB: Killeennamoyle/Cillín na Maoile, Inehorve/Inse Rua, and Kilnomeel (Knockane, 43). The site was referred to as a vicarage in Papal Letters in 1482 and 1485 (Ó Cíobhán 1985, lxii). The rectangular graveyard contains the foundations of a church, a bullaun stone and three cross-inscribed slabs. To N and W of the church a low L-shaped scarp, .4m high, may define part of the original limits of the site. The above description is derived from O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. (compilers) 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University press. (1996), no. 969. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 13 June 2013

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