What is recorded here

Stone Crosses stands in the northwest sector of a Kildare graveyard, preserving granite panels carved with biblical figures and interlace. The North Cross rises sixteen decimetres above an almost square base, its south face worn smooth by time while the other edges still display detailed work. It belongs to the state as National Monument number seventy-one, watching over an early monastic site where devotion and death became one stone memory.

In the NW sector of a graveyard (KD028-049011-) on an early monastic site (KD028-049001-). Part of a National Monument (No. 71) in state ownership. According to Bradley et al. 1986 vol. 4, 393-4), the North Cross, of granite, comprises a square shaft (H. 1.6m; L 0.4m; Wth 0.4m) set into an almost square base (H. 0.35m; L 0.9m; Wth 0.8m). The N, E, and W faces of the shaft have decorative panels representing biblical figures, and several panels of interlace, while the S face has heavily eroded interlace. (Harbison 1992, 160-1) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 17 May 2013

The stone crosses at Oldkilcullen were likely erected in the 9th to 10th centuries, associated with an early Christian monastic site; their style reflects typical High Cross art of the period, though specific builders or dedications are not recorded. The site is of regional significance as part of a protected National Monument.

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