Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Kilkea Demesne, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilkea Demesne
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94290, -6.88543
- SMR number
- KD037-017027-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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
Described in the Urban Survey (Bradley et. al. 1986, 287) as ‘Lying on the ground at the E end of the church (KD037-017003-) is a limestone slab decorated in low false relief with a fleur-de-lys cross. The stem of the cross is incised but the base is missing. The head of the cross is surrounded by four segmented circles and there is a cross crosslet in the upper right corner’ (Fitzgerald 1899-1902, 248).
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 14 September 2016
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1986 Urban Archaeological Survey - County Kildare (4 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.