Cross-slab in Dalkey

Situated at the N end of Dalkey town at the junction of Castle Street and Ormeau Dive. The cross-slab is located within a rectangular walled-in graveyard raised above the level of the road. A small Latin cross with splayed extremities on a stone in the N wall above a narrow round-headed window, W of the chancel arch of the church (DU023-023002-; O'Reilly 1901, 135, 147-149). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Uploaded on: 22 May 2018

Probably dating to the early medieval period (5th–11th century), the cross-slab may have marked a Christian burial site or served as a waymarker along a pilgrimage route. Such stones often carried religious significance and were associated with early monastic or ecclesiastical activity in the area.