High Crosses,Castlekeeran, Co. Meath
Location :
Approx. 2.5 miles W from Kells town off the R163 Oldcastle / Kells
road, across a farmyard and over a field stile. Signposted.
Features :
This is Ciaran's hermitage by the Blackwater river. There are
3 undecorated (unfinished?) pierced ring high crosses, some grave-slab stones
and a good example of an Ogham stone bearing the inscription
'COVAGNI MAQI MUCOI LUGUNI'. Ogham stones were the first
example of a written Irish language.
Date :
possible 12th. century A.D.
