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Stone Cross in Killiney

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Killiney church and Graveyard/Cill Éinne (Cill Aighne/the church of Aighne): This site lies in the village of Killiney at the base of the Magharees peninsula. The present large rectangular graveyard may enclose the site of an Early Christian foundation (KE036-003003-). Stone Cross (KE036-003004-): A large sandstone cross, with hollowed angles, dressed to a smooth finish on all sides. It stands 2.86m high and is a maximum of 0.49m wide and an average of 0.18m thick. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 854.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE036-003004

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maoileann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mucklagh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Adrian King, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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