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Old Cross, Monaghan

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Old Cross
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The origins of the Old Cross are unclear. Its unclear if it were even a cross - sepculation suggests that it may have been a seventeenth century sundial. It has an unusual head - consisting of a polygonal piece of stone with concave sockets in three faces. It was originally in the Diamond and used as a hiring cross and for the attaching of proclamations but was moved to its present location to allow for the construction of the Rossmore Memorial.