Reask

{{Short description|Ruined early Monastic site, County Kerry}}

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Reask ({{Langx|ga|Riasc}}) is a ruined early Monastic site located 1 km east of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, County Kerry, Ireland. The remains of the site include the low remnants of buildings and enclosure walls and a cross-slab standing stone which sits in the middle of the compound. {{cite book|last=Cuppage|first=Judith|others=Bennett Isabel; Cotter, Clare; O Rahilly, Celie|title=Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula|year=1986|publisher=Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne|location=Ballyferriter|isbn=978-0-906096-06-2|pages=336–345}}

{{cite book | last=Weir, A| year=1980 |title=Early Ireland. A Field Guide | publisher=Blackstaff Press | location=Belfast | page=159|isbn=978-0856402128}}

Some of the artefacts found in the excavation at Reask, including some of the cross-inscribed stones, are on display in Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne, which is in the nearby village of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh.{{cite web|url=http://www.westkerrymuseum.com/bearla/exhibit.htm|title=Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne: Exhibitions|publisher=Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne|access-date=7 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009145928/http://www.westkerrymuseum.com/bearla/exhibit.htm|archive-date=9 October 2011}}

The site is a National Monument in state care.{{cite book|last=Harbison|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Harbison|title=Guide to the National and Historic Monuments of Ireland|edition=3|year=1992|publisher=Gill & Macmillan|isbn=978-0-7171-1956-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/guidetonationalh00harb/page/179 179]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetonationalh00harb/page/179}}

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