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National Monument No. 275. On the roadside on the NW edge of a preceptory of Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem (KD020-007003-) which was founded on the site of 'Cell céli críst' (KD020-007002-) an early monastery, immediately to the S and W of which portion of the Pale Boundary runs (KD020-008----). Fragments of a 12th century sandstone cross consist of the head with only one arm surviving (dims. H 0.95m, est. original Wth of arms c. 1.28m; T 0.38m) and the base (dims. L 1.05m; Wth 0.74m; H 0.47m). The head is not ringed, but does have a volute in the armpits. One face bears a tall diamond-shaped panel in relief which may carry interlace decoration, and there is a raised but seemingly undecorated panel on the arm. The other face is badly damaged. It has a raised square at the centre of the head, but appears to be undecorated. The base bears arcading; six on each face and four on each side/end. (Crawford 1907, 221; Ó Ríordáin 1947, 86-7; Harbison 1992, 134-5, Figs. 448, 449)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
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