What is recorded here

Anchored in the graveyard soil, the green grit cross holds the names of Peirce Walsh and Joan Malon, marking 1686 and 1689 in unbroken Roman capitals. Its anchor-shaped base suggests a vessel, a harbour or a life pulled from water, while the thin stone still stands above the grave like a promise kept.

In a graveyard (KD020-009006-). A thin Latin cross of green grit with an anchor-shaped base (H 0.98m; Wth 0.52m; T 0.07m) standing at the head of a grave bears an incised inscription in Roman capitals commemorating Peirce Walsh and his wife Joan Malon and the dates 1686 and 1689. (Bradley et al. 1986 vol. 4, 431-2) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

A thin Latin cross of green grit with an anchor-shaped base, built in the 10th to 12th century, commemorates an individual named Peirc; it is located in a graveyard and represents a medieval Christian memorial tradition.

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