And yet one object has done exactly that. A small stone slab cross, once positioned near the entrance to the main monastic terrace of this early medieval island hermitage, has left no visible trace behind. It is recorded, measured, described, and gone.

The cross was catalogued in 1996 by archaeologists Ann O'Sullivan and Jerry Sheehan as part of their comprehensive survey of the Iveragh Peninsula. Their description is brief but precise: a thick slab with a broad flat head, measuring 44 centimetres in length, 16 centimetres wide, and 12 centimetres thick. A slab cross of this kind would typically be a simple upright stone carved or incised with a cross form, a type common to early Irish monastic sites. This one stood close to the entrance of the main terrace, the broad level platform on the island's north face where the celebrated stone beehive huts and oratories of the monks are clustered. At some point between that 1996 description and more recent inspection of the site, the slab disappeared. No remains have been found.