Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab (present location)
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34018, -6.25499
- SMR number
- DU018-467----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A monastery at Lemanaghan (Liath Manchán) was founded in the 7th century by Manchán whose feastday is celebrated on the 24th of January (Ó Riain 2011, 429). Fragment of an early Christian sandstone cross-slab with rounded edge bearing the lower part or base of a cross carved in false relief with what appears to be a stepped base. Recovered from Lemanaghan by Con Manning and now housed in the National Museum of Ireland.
Cross-reference with OF015-004034-
See attached photograph courtesy of Ed Bourke
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 29 March 2023
References
Ó Riain, P. 2011 A dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin. Four Courts Press.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslab (present location)under 1 mi
- Rock art (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.