Download Factsheet - The Steine Sculpture

Factsheet - The Steine Sculpture
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Clíodhna Cussen
1986
Height: 335cm
Granite
Dublin City Council
The Steine structure was erected in 1986 and was sculpted by Cliodhna Cussen. The
structure is erected on a site near which stood a famous Long Stone or Steine / Steyne
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standing 12-14 feet high and erected by the Viking inhabitants of Dublin in the 10 or 11
centuries. The River Liffey was much broader then and the stone actually stood close to the
shoreline and perhaps marked a landing place.
The 3.35m high granite shaft is carved with two faces, one of which represents Ivor the first
Viking King of Dublin who ruled in the 9th century. The other face is that of a nun and
commemorates the convent of St. Mary Hogges, which stood nearby in the middle ages. The
structure includes a granite inscribed plaque and a bronze plaque on a circular shaft set into
granite setts arranged in eight circular bands around the principal granite shaft.