What is recorded here

Glebe in County Dublin is named in the request but the supplied facts describe a cross-inscribed limestone stone found while cleaning a rectory pond. The stone is no longer placed where it can be pointed to, which removes half its life. What remains is a flat white fragment carrying two crosses, one broad-ended and one plain, perhaps once fitting rainwater along a medieval wall.

This stone was found in the 1960's while cleaning out a pond in the garden of the rectory. It was of limestone (L0.60m, Wth 0.50m, T 0.15m). On one face there were two incised Latin crosses, one with T-shaped terminals and the other, slightly larger with plain terminals. It may have served as a gutter stone for a medieval building (Swords 2009, 112). The exact location of this stone is unknown. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 24 November 2011

Dated to the early medieval period, likely between the 8th and 11th centuries, the stone may have served as a Christian memorial or waymarker. The presence of Latin crosses suggests a connection to early Christian practice, possibly linked to a local church or religious community.

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