Cross

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated at the S end of Blackrock Village on a plinth in a cobbled area opposite the Bank of Ireland off Main Street. A cross comprising of an upper portion of granite cross set on a later plinth. The granite cross section measures L 0.66m, Wth 0.51m, T 0.20-0.24m and tapers from top to bottom. The two arms differ in size and are unaligned. On the E face is a rude carving of a human head in high relief (Healy 1958, 108-109). On the opposite face is an incised oval with three vertical lines under a horizontal band. There is a smaller oval below this. Dated to the 12th-century (Turner 1983, 69). This cross was a boundary marker on the franchises of Dublin (Clarke 2002, 12).
Complied by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 22 May 2018

References

Clarke, H.B. (ed.) 2002 Dublin, Part 1, to 1610. Irish Historic Towns Atlas, No. 11. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.

Healy, P. 1958 Fassaroe and associated crosses. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 88, 108-9.

Turner, K. 1983 If you seek monuments: a guide to the antiquities of the barony of Rathdown. Rathmichael Historical Society.