Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Dromkeen South, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromkeen South
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.57766, -8.40560
- SMR number
- LI024-001003-
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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
Set face up into concrete surround on top of W wall (H 0.8m) of Dromkeen medieval parish church ruins (LI024-001001-). Rectangular shaped stone slab (L 1.46m; Top Wth 0.57m; base Wth 0.53m; T 0.17-0.23m) decorated with an incised double lined ringed cross standing on a pyramidal-shaped base. Described by Crawford (1912, 240) as 'carved with a two-line ringed cross on a triangular base.' Cross-slab first drawn in the 19th century by George Du Noyer (1817-69) and a copy of which was made by William Frazer in 1905 (NLI, PD 1975 TX 19 (61) ).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 04 January 2019
References
Crawford, H.S. 1912 A descriptive list of early cross-slabs and pillars. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 42, 217-44.
NLI, PD 1975 TX 19(61) National Library of Ireland, Close-up of a tombstone from Dromkeen, County Limerick. William Frazer. Sketch Books of Irish Antiquities. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.