Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - Wayside cross
Clane, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clane
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Base of Cross
- Latest-edition OS map
- Base of Stone Cross (Wart Stone)
- Coordinates
- 53.28823, -6.68907
- SMR number
- KD014-026006-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 at the W side of the Newbridge road, SW of Clane village. The plain, rectangular, limestone base of a possible wayside cross (dims. L 0. 85m; Wth 0.65m; H 0.30m) has a roughly chamfered upper edge and contains an off-centred, rectangular mortice (dims. L 0.24m; Wth 0.20cm; D 0.12m). (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 149)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.