Provenance
Discovery: 1893 - During restoration work in the 19th century, this elaborate cross-slab with an ogham inscription was discovered at Caher Murphy, an oval cashel situated on the S slopes of Mount Eagle overlooking Dingle Bay.
Findspot: Glanfahan (Gleann Fán https://www.logainm.ie/en/22787), Co. Kerry, Ireland (ITM coordinates: 433228, 597112)
Current repository: Ireland National Museum of Ireland (inv. no. RIA1917:80)
Last recorded location(s): NMI
Support
National Monuments Service SMR ID: KE052-188003-
Object type: Cross-slab
Dimensions:
Inscription
Text field: Both broad faces and both sides are decorated. One face has a Maltese cross within a subcircular frame, below are two crosslets and a human figure surrounded by spiral and chevron designs. The opposite face bears a Greek cross with widely-expanded terminals, flanked by two crosslets below. Beneath the crosses, a triple, figure of eight knot spans the width of the stone. Much of one side of the stone is decorated with an interlace design. The other side bears an unintelligible ogham inscription on a vertical stem-line. At top the stem-line terminates in a circle, and at base it terminates in an oval beneath which is a diamond motif (summarised from information provided by Beití Ó Tuama, CUP1986, 204).
Letters: Pocked with stemline and appears to be contemporary with the decoration on the stone.
Edition
Transcription: LMCBDV
References
- Macalister 1945, …