What is recorded here

Bases of Crosses are the surviving limestone roots of two wayside crosses marked on Noble and Keenan's 1752 map near Sherlockstown. One larger cross was pulled into a nearby farmyard, leaving behind only its heavy base; the other vanished entirely. Both bases were later carried into the local graveyard, where one still sits with a worn inscription and a flat, chiselled top. They are not grand monuments, but they record that people once set stone beside a road, believed the road needed watching, and kept what remained when the crosses themselves were gone.

One of two wayside crosses (see KD014-042---- also) shown on Noble and Keenan's 1752 map of county Kildare, c. 1 mile to the N, on the road from Sherlockstown to Straffan. By the late 19th century, according to Sherlock (1891-95, 40), 'only the bases' remained, 'the larger of the two' having been moved to 'the farmyard at Prospect, nearly opposite the spot on which it formerly stood'. Both bases were subsequently moved to Sherlockstown graveyard (KD014-043003-). A square limestone base (dims. L 1m; Wth 1m; H 0.6m) has a chamferred upper surface and bears a badly worn inscription, of which only the words 'me fecet' are legible. The original location for this monument is designated KD014-028----. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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