What is recorded here
Seven cross-inscribed stones (KD012-010----, KD012-010001- to KD012-010005- and KD012-010008-) and two crosses (KD012-010006- and KD012-010007-) were moved from the early ecclesiastical site at Lullymore East (KD012-006----) and incorporated in a nearby 1798 memorial in Lullymore West. Another cross-inscribed stone (KD012-020----) was moved to the adjoining Bog of Allen Nature Centre Museum.
KD012-010001-: The present location of a damaged sandstone slab (dims. L 0.31m; Wth 0.19m) bearing a sub-circular ringed cross with a slightly sinuous shaft. Each quadrant carries a short, vertical, linear incision. This is M. Kelly's 'Cross 3'. (Kelly 2006, 177) The presumed original location of this cross-inscribed stone at the early monastic site at Lullymore East (KD012-006----) is designated KD012-006013-.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Cross-inscribed stone in Lullymore West likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian activity at the nearby ecclesiastical site of Lullymore East. The crosses may have served as markers, memorials, or waypoints linked to monastic or pilgrimage routes.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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