Overview
Stone Cross — Killiney is recorded as Cross — High cross in Kerry. 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-).
Foundation and growth
The saved account records: 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.
People and events
The saved account records: The present large rectangular graveyard may enclose the site of an Early Christian foundation (KE036-003003-).
Damage, loss and survival
The saved account records: Stone Cross (KE036-003004-): A large sandstone cross, with hollowed angles, dressed to a smooth finish on all sides.
Why it mattered
Stone Cross — Killiney matters because the source ties cross — high cross to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: It stands 2.86m high and is a maximum of 0.49m wide and an average of 0.18m thick.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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