Cross - Wayside cross

The National Monuments Service's description

National Monument in state ownership No. 134. Situated on the N side of the Lower Lake. A small Latin cross with a pattern of grooves outlining the arms and shaft. Described by Leask (1950, 41, fig. 19b) as a ‘cross with short arms, carved with a singular pattern of grooves forming a saltire at the centre with panels conforming to it on the arms, and on the shaft a tapering, two-line panel. It is in a low mound between the road and the Lower Lake; on the line of the ancient, almost obliterated, "Pilgrims' Road"’.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 20 December 2012

See linked document with drawing of slab taken from Robert Cochrane Historical and Descriptive Notes with Ground Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Ecclesiastical Remains at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Extract from the Eightieth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1911-12. Dublin, 1925.

References

Leask, H.G. 1950 Glendalough, Co. Wicklow: national monuments vested in the Commissioners of Public Works. Dublin. Stationery Office.