What is recorded here

Death and memory crossed paths on that southern slope, marking a life or a loss beside the old church. The small stone still lies loose in the enclosure, its plain Latin cross unchanged while the harbour water and mountain air turned the years to foam.

National Monument No. 10044. Kilcolman/Cill na gColmán: An Early Christian church site KE042-141001- lying on the S slopes of an E-W spur of Lateevemore, overlooking Ventry Harbour. (5) A small stone, measuring .41 x .23m, is inscribed on one face with a plain Latin cross. It now lies loose in the NE part of the enclosure but may formerly have acted as a gravemarker. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 868. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

A small cross-inscribed stone, likely dating to the Early Christian period (5th–9th century AD), associated with the church site at Kilcolman. Such stones often marked religious or territorial significance, and may have had a liturgical or commemorative function.

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