Kilgobbin Cross
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Kilgobbin Cross is a high cross and National Monument located in Stepaside, County Dublin, Ireland.[2][3][4]
Kilgobbin Cross | |
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Native name Ardchros Chill Ghobáin (Irish) | |
Type | High cross |
Location | Kilgobbin Lane, Stepaside, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland |
Coordinates | 53.256478°N 6.217806°W |
Height | 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) |
Built | 10th century |
Official name | Kilgobbin |
Reference no. | 226[1] |
Kilgobbin Cross is located on Kilgobbin Lane, Stepaside, about 450 m (490 yd) north-northwest of Stepaside town centre.
The townland of Kilgobbin (Irish: Cill Ghobáin, meaning 'church of Goban')[5] takes its name from a St Goban, of which there appear to have been many in Ireland (the hagiographies are confused). The depiction of Jesus wearing a long cloak places the cross in the 10th century AD. The cross was buried in the graveyard and unearthed c. 1800.[3]
The cross is made of granite and stands 2.4 metres (7.9 ft) high. It is a Celtic cross with one side broken off. An inscription on the east face shows the Crucifixion of Jesus, with Jesus wearing a long robe. Unusually, there is a bullaun stone set into the cross's base.[6]