Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Abbeyland (castledermot Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyland (castledermot Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.90853, -6.83698
- SMR number
- KD040-002036-
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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
Small limestone fragment (L0.47m; Wth 0.29m; T 0.12m) decorated with an incised narrow stemmed cross which may have had a lozenge-shaped head. (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 111-12)
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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
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