Ireland

St. Berrihert's Kyle

Early medieval ecclesiastical enclosure in County Tipperary, Ireland

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St. Berrihert's Kyle is an ecclesiastical enclosure and National Monument containing cross slabs, wheel crosses, high crosses and a cursing stone located in County Tipperary, Ireland.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Annal entry for Berichtir of Tulach Leis

6 December 839

Feast day of Saint Berrihert

18 February

Synod of Whitby and arrival of Saint Berrihert

AD 664

Death of Gerald of Mayo (linked figure)

d. 731

Construction of protective enclosure

1946

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Miscellaneous Features

Bullaun stones
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Water Management Features

Wells
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Religious and Ritual Structures

ChurchesSacred Wells
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Country

Ireland

Coordinates

52.41° N, -8.09° E