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Kilmalkedar Tau Cross
 

County

Kerry

Coordinates

N 52° 11' 05.4"   W 010° 20' 10.7"

Nearest town

Dingle

Grid Ref.

Q 40263 06188

Map No.

70

Elevation a.s.l. (m)

78

Date of visit

Wednesday 26 June 2013

GPS Accuracy (m)

4
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The red and yellow ruler is 20 centimentres long, for scale.


This small Tau Cross is to the north of the church in the Kilmalkedar monastic settlement. It's only 51 centimetres tall, 52 centimetres wide at the arms and the shaft measures 19 centimetres of width. The slab from which it was made out is only 8 centimetres thick.
The cross is aligned east-west, and leans to the north by about 4°.


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