What is recorded here

Leacht in An Tseantóir, baile An Bhiocáire is a rectangular grave mound in County Kerry, Ireland, marked by two standing stones and a cross-inscribed slab. The larger SE stone rises 1.25m, bearing a simple cross on one face and faint linear marks on the other. A second loose stone once lay beside it, carved with a Maltese cross within a circle. These are not decorative claims but measured facts from a local archaeological survey. The mound may have marked a death, a boundary, or a warning. In any case, someone shaped stone, carried it, and set it where it could still be read.

The grave is a leacht - type featureconsisting of a rectangular mound, 5.7m N-S x 4m E-W, on which are laid some large prostrate slabs. Two standing stones surmount the mound near its NW and SE ends. The NW stone is .45m high, and measures .35 x .3m at base. The SE stone is 1.25m high and .25m wide and is decorated on both faces. The E face bears a simple cross with slightly expanded terminals and the W face is inscribed with faint linear markings. A 2nd cross-inscribed stone lay loose beside the latter in the 19th century (Du Noyer, Antiquarian Sketches, vol.4, no.5). It was a roughly circular stone inscribed on one face with a Maltese cross within a circle. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 877. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2013

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