Fassaroe Cross
Fassaroe Cross, also called St. Valery's Cross, is a high cross and National Monument located near Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.Photo: Joe King, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Seanief1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cross
- Description: cross located in Bray (County Wicklow), Ireland.
- Also known as: “Fassaroe Cross-St Valerys Cross” and “St Valery’s Cross”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kilcroney Church and St Gerard’s School.
Kilcroney Church
Ruins
Photo: Max Wellman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilcroney Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Wicklow, Ireland. Kilcroney Church is situated 1 km south of Fassaroe Cross.
St Gerard’s School
School
Photo: Simon Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Gerard's School is a lay Catholic co-educational independent day school in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. A fee-charging school, it is administered by a Board of Governors as a charitable trust. St Gerard’s School is situated 1 km northeast of Fassaroe Cross.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Christ Church, Bray is in the Church of Ireland parish of Bray, County Wicklow located on Church Road on a rise, previously known as the Rock of Bray, behind Bray Town Hall. The church was built in 1863 in a Gothic Revival style. Christ Church is situated 2 km east of Fassaroe Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Enniskerry and Bray.
Enniskerry
Enniskerry is a village in County Wicklow, best known for Powerscourt House, gardens and waterfall. It was created in the 1840s as a planned village for tenants of Powerscourt estate.
Bray
Photo: Lkcl it, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bray is a small harbour town at the north edge of County Wicklow, bordering Dublin. It grew up rapidly from 1854 when the railway arrived, becoming a seaside resort and fashionable suburb of the city.
Kilmacanogue
Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Kilmacanogue, officially Kilmacanoge, is a village in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is southwest of Bray and is overlooked by Great Sugar Loaf mountain. Kilmacanogue is situated 3 km south of Fassaroe Cross.
Fassaroe Cross
- Categories: stone cross, high cross, and historic site
- Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.19598° or 53° 11′ 46″ northLongitude
-6.14051° or 6° 8′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C5M5VW5+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 7211554710OpenStreetMap feature
historic=high_crossOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=crossWikidata ID
Q1700578
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Fassaroe Cross” goes by many names.
- German: “St Valery’s Cross”
- Hausa: “Gicciye na Fassaroe”
- Irish: “Ardchros an Fhásaigh Rua”
- Spanish: “Cruz de Fassaroe”
- Spanish: “Fassaroe Cross-St Valerys Cross”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kilbride Church and Fitns Connect Ltd.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Maddocks Bray and Silverbridge.
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