What is recorded here

Situated at the S end of Blackrock Village on a plinth in a cobbled area opposite the Bank of Ireland off Main Street. A cross comprising of an upper portion of granite cross set on a later plinth. The granite cross section measures L 0.66m, Wth 0.51m, T 0.20-0.24m and tapers from top to bottom. The two arms differ in size and are unaligned. On the E face is a rude carving of a human head in high relief (Healy 1958, 108-109). On the opposite face is an incised oval with three vertical lines under a horizontal band. There is a smaller oval below this. Dated to the 12th-century (Turner 1983, 69). This cross was a boundary marker on the franchises of Dublin (Clarke 2002, 12). Complied by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 22 May 2018

A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.

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