What is recorded here

Three limestone fragments from a medieval arch still lie scattered in a Dingle garden, one stone vanished entirely. The surviving pieces carry chamfered edges, lierne rib vaulting and a cable-work border, yet no one knows what building they once supported. What is certain is that a tall doorway stood on this street before the town changed around it, and part of that doorway is still buried under shrubs instead of lost to history.

One of three fragments of a limestone arch, one of which is now missing, which are in the garden of a house in Main St., Dingle. House fragments in Main Street described in the Urban Survey of Kerry (Bradley 1987, 64-5) as follows; 'Hitchcock (1854-5, 356) described a building nearly opposite the Market House (Hussey's Castle) as having an arched passage and very thick walls. Only the arch of a medieval door and a decorated stone now survive. The site is at present occupied by Moran's Drapery. The arch Stones derive from a chamfered limestone arch with a combined span of 1.5 m. A third stone was present in 1918 (Cuppage 1986, 382, fig. 222: a,b). The other stone is in the garden at the rear of Moran' s Drapery and is an irregularly shaped six-sided stone with a panel of lierne rib vaulting on one face. The edges of the stone have a border of cable work in relief and a boss on top. There is a mortice in the back of the stone for fitting it into something. Its function is unknown. Dims. H 0.89m D. 1.37m T 0.09m'. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage et al., 'Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula.' (Oidhreacht Chorca Duibhne, 1986) Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 April 2022

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