
What is recorded here
This road-side high cross stands c. 110m NW of Tully church (DU026-023003-). It is a plain granite ring-headed cross (H 2.34m by 0.9m across the ring) of c. 10th/11th-century date and is set into a cube-shaped base (H 2m); this was done sometime after 1860 (Corlett 2014, 100). There is a shingle design on the roof of the house-shaped capstone. On the upper surface of the base is a deeply incised Latin cross. (Anon. 1900, 185; O'Brien 1988, 512-513; Corlett 2014, 100-101)
Compiled by: Gerladine Stout
Updated by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 19 May 2015
The high cross at Laughanstown is a plain granite ring-headed cross, dating to the 10th or 11th century, and is set into a cube-shaped base. Its style suggests a Christian dedication and it likely served as a religious or territorial marker in the medieval period.
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- What survives
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Places near here
Tully Grave YardGraveyard · 106 yd
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Bawn in Carrickmines GreatBawn · 1710 yd
Loughlinstown WoodsNature reserve · 1.1 mi
Rathmichael WalkWalking route · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.0