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Inscribed stone in Tibradden

Inscribed stone
Inscribed stone in Tibradden
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Situated on the NW slopes of Tibradden Mountain. A cross is cut on the face of a large granite rock 25m SE of a cairn (DU025-023001-). The cross is incised and has expanded terminals (H0.63m, Wth 0.44m) Beside the cross is incised a crowned figure, with upraised arms, whose body consists of a smaller but similar cross (Swords, K. ed. 2009, 108). It was first recorded by W. St. J. Joyce in 1912. The Cairn (DU025-023001) just 25m to the NW is a monument in the Guardianship of the Minister (National Monuments No. 464) Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised upload on: 8 July 2018

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU025-023002

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