What is recorded here
Unringed granite cross (H. 1.22m) set in a square socket in a large natural granite slab known locally as 'the Bishop's Grave'. The extremities of the cross are damaged. Curved rebates occur on both faces of the shaft immediately beneath the arms and there is an equal armed cross within a circle inscribed on the lower E side of the shaft. The cross stands at the SW side of a graveyard (WI009-007001-). (Hawkes 1938, 156-7)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 13 December 2012
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 104/1940).
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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