Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castledermot
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91017, -6.83514
- SMR number
- KD040-002015-
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
In the graveyard (KD040-002031-), to the W of the South Cross (KD040-002010-). A broken, recumbent granite slab (dims. L 0.64m; Wth 0.38m; T 0.17m) carries an incised Latin cross with expanded terminals. (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 102; Corlett 2003 93-94 Slab 4)
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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.