Cross in Labbamolaga Middle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Thirty inches of brown sandstone leaned against the southeast corner of an early medieval church, its broken terminals curving like a tired gesture rather than a sharp command. It sat beside St Molaga's Bed, marking the boundary between the living and the remembered long before anyone thought to measure it. The cross disappeared between 1995 and 1997, leaving behind only the faint ghost of its angle and the certainty that someone removed it without asking permission.

Formerly leaning upright in the SE corner of an early medieval church (CO010-003004). This small plain Latin cross is cut out of sandstone; the terminals are broken, the angles slightly curved. Described by Crawford (1907, 204) as 'the upper part of a small plain Latin cross, 30 inches long'. According to Windele (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 17), a 'brown stone cross' was resting on the covering stone of the Saint's Tomb, 'St Molaga's Bed' (CO010-003005-) in 1852, but had been 'injured and shortened' since an earlier visit. The cross was noted as present by the National Monuments and Historic Properties Service, Dúchas, in 1995, but reported missing by them in 1997. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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