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What is recorded here

That is the name of the missing cross at the Christ Church Place and High Street junction in Dublin. It stood on three octagonal steps with Passion scenes carved into a square shaft, serving as the city's main stage for public proclamations until it vanished without a surface trace.

The Friends of Medieval Dublin Map (1978) shows the site of a cross at the junction of Christ Church Place and High Street. This was the principal place for the reading of proclamations and public announcements (Gilbert 1854-9, 1, 213-6; FMD map (1978, 05). It is shown on Speed's map of 1610 (Gillespie,1973, 33). A drawing from 1784 shows a square shaft, crowned by a small cross and set on a circular base or plinth, which in turn stands on a set of three octagonal steps. Panels on the shaft contain scenes of the Crucifixion, Descent from the cross and the Passion (Crawford 1911,391-3). There is no visible surface trace. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 23 November 2012

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