Raingiléis

Oratorio remnant and (round) cross slab

Church ruin

Raingiléis (also Ballywiheen or Reaglais; Irish An Raigléis ) is an early Christian monastic settlement on the Dingle Peninsula near Ballyferriter and Reask in County Kerry in Ireland .

The curtain wall of a dun encloses, as in the nearby Reask , an oratory , a cross stone with a Maltese cross and a hole in the middle (a sundial ), some other cross slabs and some stone mounds, which are to be seen as the remains of beehive huts .

The level of the square has risen considerably - in the case of the oratorio up to the height of the lintel . Hidden beneath it is a structure very similar to the one in the excavated oratorios of Gallarus and Reask, which is on the other side of the hill.

literature

• Judith Cuppage: Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula . A description of the field antiquities of the Barony of Corca Dhuibhne from the Mesolithic period to the 17th century AD = Suirbhé Seandálaíochta Chorca Dhuibhne. 1986
• Steve MacDonogh: The Dingle Peninsula: History, Folklore and Archeology . Brandon, 1993 ISBN 0-86322-159-9

Web links

• Brief description and picture
• Excavation report
• Description and pictures

Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 31.2 "  N , 10 ° 24 ′ 26.2"  W.