Kilnaruane stone pillars
The decorated, upright stone pillar of Kilnaruane (a former shaft of a Celtic cross - also called St Brendan's Stone) is located in an early church enclosure (Irish: shéipéil agus ráthanna ; English Early ecclesiastical enclosure ; French Enclos paroissial ) in the townland of Kilnaruane ( Irish Cill na Ruán ), at Cappanoloha southwest of Bantry in County Cork in Ireland .
The stone pillar (English Pillar stone ) is a national monument and 2.05 m high, 0.26 m wide and 0.15 m thick. One front is divided into four panels.
- The top panel shows two inlaid knot patterns.
- The second an adoring figure.
- The third is a Greek cross .
- The lowest heavily weathered plate shows Paul of Thebes and St. Antonius sitting at an altar table with bread.
The other front is divided into three panels.
- The top one bears the remains of an inlaid spiral.
- The second shows two pairs of four-legged animals.
- The third panel shows three crosses around a boat with four rowers and a fifth figure at the stern, who are sailing the sea.
- Kilnaruane stone pillars
Knot pattern
boat
Boulders next to the pillar
There are two notches in the column that indicate the attachment of another element. Near the pillar are four deeply grooved boulders that may have served as a hinge or cornerstone in the structure. Nearby are two bullauns and the stone rows of Scartbaun, Keilnascarta and Parkana.
See also
literature
- Paul Johnstone: The Sea-Craft of Prehistory. Routledge - via Google Books 2013
Web links
- Description Engl. and pictures
- Description Engl.
- Description Engl. and picture; Stone pillars
- Bullaun 1 description engl. and picture
- ‚Bullaun 2 Description Engl. and picture
- Image of the kissing gate on the Kilnaruane pillar
Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 17 " N , 9 ° 28 ′ 5" W.