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Cross-slab (present location)

Taylorsgrange, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross-slab (present location), Taylorsgrange, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Taylorsgrange
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.26599, -6.26875
SMR number
DU022-057----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This graveslab is at present located in the chapel of the College of St. Columba. It came originally from Kilmashogue Mountain. It has a circular head and shaft (L 0.69m, Wth 0.26m, T 0.07m), the head bears a Greek double-line cross in a circle, with a raised line around the edge. The lower shaft is decorated except for the base, which may have been placed in the ground or in a base (Ó hÉailidhe and Prendergast 1977, 141-42, Fig. 29).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Date of upload: 18 November 2013

References

Ó hÉalidhe, P. and Prendergast, E. 1977 Two unrecorded graveslabs in county Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 101, 146-53.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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