Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - High cross
Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castledermot
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Base of Cross
- Coordinates
- 52.91032, -6.83533
- SMR number
- KD040-002011-
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
National Monument No. 471. West Cross: A two-tiered granite base with a mortice, set into a plinth near the Romanesque doorway (dims. H. 88cm; base 75cm x 53cm; top 37cm x 30cm; mortice 0.19m x 0.17m; D. 0.27m). (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 101-02)
Date of upload: 8 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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
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