What is recorded here
Castleboy is a limestone cross inside the Hill of Tara church, perhaps rescued from a medieval parish church before it fell. One arm is missing, but the remaining arm still carries a marigold, as if someone kept feeding the stone with colour and life.
Inside the church on the Hill of Tara is a limestone cross (H 0.31m; span 0.22m plus), which may have been a finial cross from the medieval parish church (ME031-033071-). It is missing one arm, and has octagonal cross-sections to the stem (dims 14cm x 8cm) and arm (dims 8cm x 8cm). It is decorated with a marigold at the end of its surviving arm.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 January, 2015
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Hill of Tara Visitor Centrechurch/chapel · 7 yd
St. Patricks ChurchChurch · 20 yd
Saint Patrick'sMemorial · 56 yd
Tara Open StudioGallery · 88 yd
Hill of TaraVisitor information · 163 yd
CrockaphobbieWood · 1.3 mi
CastleCastle, motte · 2.0 mi