Monument in Johnstown, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Freestanding cut-limestone cross, dated 1412, on a square plan on cherurb-detailed panelled pedestal on ribbon pointed rubble limestone pier on chamfered plinth. Road fronted.

A cross making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in a rural village street scene. NOTE: The provenance of the cross has been disputed with one theory suggesting that it was unearthed in the 1830s and installed as a "Suppression Cross" and another theory suggesting that it was taken from a nearby church dedicated to Saint Fionntan [SMR KD004-001----].

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11801007

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Robert Ashby, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Johnstownbridge GAA Club; photographer not stated, johnstownbridgegaaclub.ie
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