What is recorded here

Stone Cross stands in a Kildare graveyard as a 1.6m limestone fragment bearing the date 1616, crucifixion symbols and the initials I.D. and M.W. Those marks may point to the Delahide and Walsh families, tying local blood to sacred stone. The small mortice at its top suggests it once held another piece, now lost, completing a shape no longer visible.

In a graveyard (KD019-039001-). An erect fragment of a limestone Latin cross (H 1.6m) has a square shaft (dims. L 0.28m; Wth 0.28m) and arms (Wth 0.63m). There is a small rectangular mortice in the upper end (dims. L 0.055m; Wth 0.045m; D 0.07m). One face carry's the date 1616, the crucifixion, INRI and IHS. The other face also carry's an IHS, two coats of arms and two sets of initials: I.D. and M.W., possibly referring to the Delahide and Walsh families. (McCabe 1996, 106) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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