Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Clondalkin, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clondalkin
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cross
- Coordinates
- 53.32208, -6.39450
- SMR number
- DU017-041003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In SE quadrant of St. John's graveyard to the N of the medieval church fragment (DU017-041002-) stands a low granite cross with damaged head (Ball 1899, 97; Healy 1974, 22). It has a raised ringed cross on the W face, the E face has a raised Latin cross (dims. H 0.78m, max. Wth 0.57m, T 0.18-25m).
Healy, P. 1974 Report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin, Vol. 1. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
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Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 17 July 2023
References
Ball, E.F. 1899c Descriptive sketch of Clondalkin, Tallaght and other places in west County Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 29, 93-108.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.