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In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about a cross inscribed stone No. 30: 'Dunquin Church [KE052-014001-] and Graveyard [KE052-014002-] is situated on the westernmost tip of the Dingle Peninsula, indeed the most western point of the landmass of Europe and consequently the most western Christian church and graveyard in Europe. It is 8.5km west from the village of Ventry and 15.25km from Dingle. There were four cross slabs recorded in Dunquin in the course of this survey, two of which were recorded in the Dingle Archaeological Survey as ‘...2 grave-markers in the form of rough stone crosses’ (Cuppage 1984, 366). The two stones correspond with crosses 180 and 184 in this survey. The fourth cross-slab (30) comprises a small rectangular sandstone situated in the north-western limits of the graveyard, circa 3.5m from cross-slab (180). The gravemarker is lightly incised with an equal armed cross whose arms extend across the full width of the stone' (Dunne 2010, 12).
See attached plan and photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 30 June 2022
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