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Stone Cross

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Stone Cross stands as National Monument No. 674 in County Kildare, a slender granite ringed cross bearing alternating biblical scenes on its shaft and ring. It originally rose south of the church but now occupies a sheltered niche inside the nave, pulled from the weather into the building itself. That move suggests the cross was never merely decoration; it was a witness, and the church learned to hold it rather than leave it exposed.
National Monument No. 674. The South Cross is a slender granite ringed cross, with alternating panels of blank and figurative biblical scenes on the shaft and ring. (Bradley et al. 1986 vol. 4, 332-4) It was situated to the S of the church but has been moved to a specially constructed sheltered area in the nave of the church. Harbison 1992, 154-5: Figs. 508-519 - ref. abstracted and added to hard copy file. Gearóid Conroy. Date of upload: 5 September 2016

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