Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Laughanstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Laughanstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.24681, -6.15241
- SMR number
- DU026-023020-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This granite block (0.74m long, 0.53m wide and 0.20m thick) is carved with a cross-in-circle in false relief. The carving is not central to the stone and comprises an equal-armed cross set within a circle (diam. 0.33m). Part of the circle and one of the arms of the cross are defaced. One long side and the two ends of the stone have been dressed to a straight edge whereas the other long side and the rear of the stone have been left rough. There is no sign that the stone has been broken at either end, implying that this is its original intended shape and size. The stone is in the care of the Office of Public Works (see DU018-422----). (Corlett 2014, 102)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 20 May 2015
References
Corlett, C. 2014 Tully church, Laughanstown, Co. Dublin. In C. Corlett and M. Potterton (eds) The church in early medieval Ireland in the light of recent archaeological excavations, 93-108. Wordwell. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.