Stone Cross in Tonaknock, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

National Monument No. 303. To the W of this site, across a road, lies the stone cross of Tonaknock (KE015-108004-). This is the present location of the cross, for the original location see KE015-108002. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 952.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE015-108004

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