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Cross (present location)

Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross (present location), Shankill, 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
Shankill
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.22984, -6.14224
SMR number
DU026-051----

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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

The cross now stands at the bottom of a garden, accessed by a short laneway N of where it is marked on the OS 1937 ed. It (DU026-54004-) was formerly located in Kiltuc Church (DO026-054001-) but was re-erected c. 1901 on a base in the laneway between Rathmichael and Shankill Castle. The base was marked on the map as 'Cromlech'. It is a round granite boulder with a level top and a socket cut into the centre to receive the cross (H 0.3m, diam 0.7m). On the SE corner is a cupmark. The cross is formed from granite with an oval head and short arms. It is chamfered all around on both faces. The SE face bears a crucifixion scene in relief and the figure of Christ is naked. The NW face contains a similar figure outlined by a broad incised line (H 0.68m, Wth 0.43m); (Ó hEailidhe 1958, 106; Turner 1983, 64-65, 73).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.

Revised upload on: 19 April 2018.

References

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

Ó hÉailidhe, P. 1958 Fassaroe and associated crosses. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 88, 101-10.

Nearby in the register

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

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