Cross - Churchyard cross (present location)

The National Monuments Service's description

One of two 12th-century crosses (DU026-054004-) which stood on the ecclesiastical site of Kiltuc. The site of Kiltuc Church stands a low-lying green area belonging to a modern housing estate known as Castle Farm. In 1979 a cross base lay along the E wall of the site of Kiltuc church (DU026-054001-). Today there are no surface remains visible of the cross-base. This was a round boulder (diam. 0.7m) with a level upper surface and socket (OPW files).
In 1937 the Reverend J. P. Sherwin, P.P. removed the 12th-century cross-head from its original location at Kiltuck church site (DU026-054001-) in the townland of Shanganagh, Co. Dublin and erected it on the grounds of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Anne in nearby Shankill. At that time the cross-base was left behind standing on the eastern wall of the site of Kiltuck Church. The shaft of this cross is decorated with a head carved in relief was found about 1938, among debris which had been removed from the modern house named Shanganagh Castle during alterations to the underground story. The shaft was removed by Rev. J. P. Sherwin to the garden of his house in Ballybrack, where it remained until it was attached to the cross-head in the grounds of St Anne’s Church in Shankill. This cross was one of two crosses at Kiltuck Church. The other cross has been moved and now stands in Rathmichael (DU026-051----).
Cross-reference with DU026-054003-.

To see a 3D model of this cross visit https://skfb.ly/oI6XK

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 9 June 2023