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Burial in Coomanaspig

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On top of a high cliff-edge in an area known locally as the 'Hermit's Garden'. According to local information, a monk is said to have been buried here but there are no visible remains of this burial. It is said locally that a cross-slab marked the grave but that it was moved in the 1900s to Killemlagh graveyard (KE096-009003-), c. 4km to the SE where it marks a family grave. This is probably the cross-inscribed stone (KE096-009002-) described by O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 360) as covering a tomb. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.

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