What is recorded here

Two crosses stood on the Sherlockstown to Straffan road in 1752, marking a route people still walked. By the late 1800s the crossheads had vanished, leaving only limestone bases, one of which was absorbed into the boundary wall of Little Rath. The bases were later moved to Sherlockstown graveyard, where a square block with a small rectangular mortice still waits for the shadow of the wood or stone that once rose from it.

One of two wayside crosses shown on Noble and Keenan's 1752 map of Kildare, c. 900m to the N, on the road from Sherlockstown to Straffan. By the late 19th century, according to Sherlock (1891-95, 40), 'only the bases' remained, one of which (KD014-042001-) 'is built into the boundary wall of Little Rath', where it is also shown on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map. (The original location of KD014-042001-is designated KD014-028----.) Both bases were subsequently moved to Sherlockstown graveyard (KD014-043003-). A square limestone base (dims. L 0.74m; Wth 0.74m; H 0.7m) has a chamfered upper surface with a small rectangular mortice. Record number KD014-042002-- has been created to cover the original location of this cross. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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