Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . MISCELLANEA. 65 The back of the cross is plain, except at the top where the lowerpart of a shield can still be made out with the initials placed under it. The dexter side shows an upright linewhich agrees with the division per jwle of the Cusack arms. Thesinister side is more difficult, it seems to show the end of a paleor cross fretty with short lines or marks on the field at either side,possibly ermine or else some small Henry S. Crawford. The Cross-Slab at Knockane, Co. Kerry.—In my list of cross-slabs (1912) this wa
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . MISCELLANEA. 65 The back of the cross is plain, except at the top where the lowerpart of a shield can still be made out with the initials placed under it. The dexter side shows an upright linewhich agrees with the division per jwle of the Cusack arms. Thesinister side is more difficult, it seems to show the end of a paleor cross fretty with short lines or marks on the field at either side,possibly ermine or else some small Henry S. Crawford. The Cross-Slab at Knockane, Co. Kerry.—In my list of cross-slabs (1912) this was the first stone mentioned in the CountyKerry. I noted that the locality was not certainly identified, asthe only information I had was taken from Du Noyers drawingin the Library, Vol. L, No. 50. I find that in the same. The Sacred , B, C are the principal is the only known Irish example. •year the Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, illustrated this monument in the Kerry ArchaeologicalMagazine, Vol. I., P. 477; and gave information which locates itnear the village (not townland) of Knockane, in the Townland ofCoumdufr and Parish of Ballynaeourty; about 1\ mile ofAnascaul station on the Tralee and Dingle Railway. The cross on the stone is of extreme interest as a development-of the Sacred Monogram, which has not hitherto been found inIreland. The connection of this cross with the monogram ismentioned in the paper referred to, but the chief point of interestis not touched on. In Mr. Eomilly Allens Celtic Art, P. 163, we find the following-statement ; with which other antiquaries have agreed.— As thelChi-Kho monogram does not occur on the early inscribed stonesof Ireland, but in place of it the cross with equal arms expandedat the ends, enclosed in a cir
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