Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Ballydrehid, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydrehid
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- TS075-079----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Power (1908, 23) this cross-slab was found in a bog close to the Bansha road. The cross-slab was brought to the holy well (TS075-044001-) known as Tobar Iosa, which is half a mile from where it was found. The cross-slab at the holy well is recorded as TS075-044002-. It consists of central crude stone (H 0.76m; Wth 0.35m; T c. 0.21m), conglomerate with quartz pebbles, with incised latin cross with expanded terminals enclosed by circle (diam. 0.26m) and incised cross (dims. 0.1m x 0.12m) above. A metal cross has been inserted into the top of this stone. The precise location it came from in Ballydrehid is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Power, P. 1908 Placenames of the Decies. Journal of the Waterford and Southeast of Ireland Archaeological Society 11, 1-34, 45-78, 135-43 and 179-210.