Northern Pluton Type 2e Granite

Material:: Granite
Category:: Plutonic, Igneous
Alternative name(s):: Wicklow Granite, Dublin Granite
Colour:: Grey
Colour variation:: Light brown to yellow
Grain/Crystal Size:: Medium
Place of origin:: Carlow/Dublin/Wicklow, Ireland
Rock Unit Name:
Geological Age:: Devonian
GSI Rock Unit Code:: Nt2e
Context of Use:: Building Stone and for dressed and carved features

Part of:

Leinster Granite

Related Material (same rock unit):: Golden Hill Granite, Ballybrew Granite, Ballyknockan Granite, Glencree Granite, Granabeg Granite

Notes:

Pale grey fine to coarse grained granite

Old Kilcullen North Cross, north face

Old Kilcullen North Cross, north face, bishop (with crozier and bell) adze in right hand, in act of killing a man

Old Kilcullen, North Cross, west face

Old Kilcullen, North Cross, west face, horesman carving in granite

Old Kilcullen, North Cross, east face, apostles

Old Kilcullen, North Cross, east face, apostles

Old Kilcullen, North Cross, east face detail of granite

Old Kilcullen, North Cross, detail of granite

Old Kilcullen, North Cross, south face

References

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