Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Shanganagh, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanganagh
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- DU026-054006-
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The National Monuments Service's description
The cross stands at the bottom of a garden, accessed by a short laneway N of where it is marked on the OS 1937 ed. It was formerly located in Kiltuc Church (DU026-054001-) 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. The figure is naked. 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: 21 April 2018.
References
Ó hÉailidhe, P. 1958 Fassaroe and associated crosses. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 88, 101-10.
Turner, K. 1983 If you seek monuments: a guide to the antiquities of the barony of Rathdown. Rathmichael Historical Society.