What is recorded here

No visible marker remains at the abandoned church, but the recovered cross-base and surviving ringed fragment return the lost tower to human memory. They record the height of the structure, the skill of its makers and the continued presence of the community long after the building disappeared.

A pyramid-shaped sandstone cross-base that had been built into the wall of the 18th century burial chambers standing on the site of the medieval church (MO007-007001-) was recently removed from the wall and is now standing in the graveyard (MO007-007004-) a few meters N of the W end of the Johnston burial chamber (Moloney 2004, 351). This cross-base (dims of base 0.58m x 0.38m; dims of top 0.43m x 0.28m; H 0.48m) may have supported in its socket (dims 0.28m x 0.13m; D 0.15m) the cross head (MO007-014010-) that was recorded in 1939 (Paterson, Gaffikin & Davies 1939, 28) and which is now housed in the Monaghan County Museum (accession no. 2002:4). The fragment is from a perforated ringed cross (surviving H c. 0.6m; surviving span c. 0.33m; T c. 6cm) and is carved on one side with a crucifixion and two incomplete figures. The reverse has some crudely-fashioned bosses. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 8 November, 2016

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