What is recorded here

Lullymore East preserves a small damaged sandstone slab bearing an almost equal-armed cross with expanded terminals. It stands among three related stones in a graveyard wall connected to an early monastic site. The compact cross still marks the place even though much larger local stone work has moved into later memorial building.

One of three cross-inscribed stones (see also KD012-006010- and KD012-006011-) built into the wall of a graveyard (KD012-006005-) which forms part of an early monastic site (KD012-006----). A small, partly damaged, sandstone slab (dims. L 0.31m; Wth 0.17m) bears an almost equal-armed cross with expanded terminals. This is M. Kelly's 'Cross 13'. (Kelly 2006, 180-81) Seven other cross-inscribed stones (KD012-010----, KD012-010001- to KD012-010005- and KD012-010008-) and two cross-slabs (KD012-010006- and KD012-010007- ) were removed from this graveyard and built into a 1798 memorial, while an eleventh cross-inscribed stone (KD012-020----) lies in the Bog of Allen Nature Centre Museum. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Cross-inscribed stone in Lullymore East likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with the nearby monastic site. The cross inscription may reflect Christian symbolism, possibly used as a marker or memorial within the graveyard.

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