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Cross-inscribed stone in An Baile Riabhach

Cross-inscribed stone

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One chamber holds four stones marked with crosses, set into the wall like a quiet count of prayers. The room stands above Dingle Harbour, where sea wind still moves through the doorway and the valley lies open below. People may have laid their dead beneath that slope, trusting the crosses to remember what flesh forgets.
Templemanaghan/Teampall Mhanacháin or Teampall Geal and its associated burial ground lie on the lower E slopes of Lateevemore and command a magnificent view over Dingle Harbour and the Milltown valley. Cross-slabs: (6) Fig. 15Id g, h and i (KE043-140013-, KE043-140014- & KE043-140015-) Three boulders in the inner wall-face of the oratory are inscribed respectively with 4, 2 and 1 simple equal-armed crosses and a 4th (KE043-140016-) bears an equal-armed cross with expanded terminals. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 824. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

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