What is recorded here

Killogrone once held a three-foot cross-slab carving an elaborate cross and a peculiar dove, standing beside an ogham stone before it vanished from the land. Graves marred the dove's strange engraving in 1872, while Brash measured the slab's height in 1879. The stone has since disappeared, leaving behind a gap where human hands made sacred shape and memory waited for witness.

This slab formerly stood on leacht (KE080-046008-), close to the ogham stone. It was described by Graves as featuring 'an elaborate cross and a dove engraved upon it in a very peculiar manner' (1872, 157); Brash recorded that it was 3 feet (.91m) high (1879, 270). Its present location is unknown. 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. 959. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 13 June 2013

This cross-slab, likely dating to the Early Christian period (5th–9th centuries AD), may have served as a memorial or liturgical monument, with the cross and dove symbolizing Christian faith and the Holy Spirit. Its proximity to an ogham stone suggests a possible funerary or ritual landscape.

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