Lying on the ground on the line of the missing W wall of Templehouse hall-house (SL033-026001-) is a stone cross-base. This is a limestone block (H 0.4m; at base 0.7m x 0.55m) tapering gently to a rectangular top (0.6m x 0.45m). In the centre of the upper surface is a rectangular mortise-hole (0.3m x 0.22m; D 0.2m) which is surrounded by a plain rectangular rim (H 0.05m; Wth 0.08m), rounded in section. There appears to be no decoration on the stone though it is encrusted by lichen and moss. The form of the stone is characteristic of an early medieval high cross (Edwards 1990, 164-70). It has been suggested (Lynn 1985-6, 108) that the cross might be associated with a possible Knights Templar foundation at Templehouse of which there are no other obvious extant remains (see SL033-026007-). O’Rorke (1878, 320) noted a tradition where ‘the country people’ of the district called this stone a ‘Holy Water Stone’. This stone is included by Harbison (1992b, vol. 1, 393) in a list of bases without crosses which are possibly ‘earlier than 1200’.
135173,TN00051,HICR,TN004-010009-,TIPPERARY NORTH,LORRHA,R141441,591932,704545,53.091434820000003,-8.120448050000000,Cross – High cross,,Not indicated,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTN004-010009-,National Monument No. 673. The remains of two high crosses are situated in the graveyard of the nearby parish church (TN004-010008-). The second cross consists of a poorly preserved base (1.5m sq.) which has a stepped top. Originally the sides of the base were decorated with figure sculpture one of these being Daniel in the lion’s den (Harbison 1992 vol. 1

Monument Type: Cross – High cross

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