Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Cruagh, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cruagh
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25752, -6.30163
- SMR number
- DU025-003002-
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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
Situated within Cruagh graveyard (DU025-003005-) and to the N of Cruagh church (DU025-003001-). A font comprised of a roughly square granite basin (ext. dims. 0.7m N-S x 0.65m E-W x T 012 x D 0.24m). To the W is a circular cemetery watchtower (DU025-003003-). In the 19th century a an inscribed pillar stone or standing stone (DU025-003004-) showing concentric circles, was discovered here but it has since disappeared (O'Reilly 1901, 184-155; Crawford 1913, 167; Ó hÉailidhe 1957, 86).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 7 July 2018
References
Crawford, H.S. 1913 A descriptive list of early cross-slabs and pillars. (cont.) Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 43, 151-69, 261-5, 326-34.
O'Reilly, P.J. 1901 The Christian sepulchral leacs and free-standing crosses of the Dublin half barony of Rathdown. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 31, 134-161, 248-9.
Ó hÉailidhe, 1957 The Rathdown slabs. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 87, 75-88.
Nearby in the register
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Watchtowerunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.