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Cross-inscribed stone (present location) in Lullymore West

Cross-inscribed stone (present location)
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Seven cross-inscribed stones (KD012-010----, KD012-010001- to KD012-010005- and KD012-010008-) and two crosses (KD012-010006- and KD012-010007-) were moved from the early ecclesiastical site at Lullymore East (KD012-006----) and incorporated in a nearby 1798 memorial in Lullymore West. Another cross-inscribed stone (KD012-020----) was moved to the adjoining Bog of Allen Nature Centre Museum. KD012-010005-: The present location of a fragmentary sandstone slab (dims. L 0.27m; Wth 0.26m) bearing a lightly incised Greek cross with expanded terminals and rounded intersections. This is M. Kelly's 'Cross 7'. (Kelly 2006, 177) The presumed original location of this cross-inscribed stone at the early monastic site at Lullymore East (KD012-006----) is designated KD012-006017-. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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