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Stone Cross — Ceathrú An Fheirtéaraigh

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Stone Cross — Ceathrú An Fheirtéaraigh
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Stone cross described by Cuppage (1986, 284-6, no. 838) as follows; 'Kilgobnet/Cill Ghobnait: This site lies within 300m of the sea-cliffs less than a mile N of Dunquin Harbour. It is comprised of a sub-circular enclosure, located at the E side of a larger enclosure which may simply be a later field. The only features visible within the former are 2 large penitential cairns, but several possible house foundations are discernible at the W side of the large enclosure. About 100m to SW, on the side of an immense outcrop of rock, there is a stone cross, and Tobar Ghobnait (935) lies c. 120m to W of this again. Rounds are still performed at each of the monuments on February 11th (St. Gobnait's feast day). The stone cross measures c. 0.9m in height and 0.42m in width. It is supported by a low cairn of stones which, in turn, is set on a small platform formed partly by drystone masonry and partly by rock outcrop'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 7 April 2022

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