Stone cross in Ballysmuttan Upper, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

On the N side of the road, on the S face of the flanking field bank. A granite slab (H 0.95m; 0.55m x 0.25m) with an incised cross on its irregular S face. The cross (H 0.63m; Wth 0.35m), formed by an incised line (Wth c. 0.02m; D 0.03m), has a triangular-shaped terminal at its base.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI005-113

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