Somewhere within it stands a cross, recorded as a monument in its own right, distinct from the medieval church and tower house that have drawn more attention to the area. That a cross merits its own separate listing speaks to something particular about it, whether in age, form, or placement, though the specifics remain tantalisingly out of reach for now.

Crosses of this kind in rural Kilkenny range considerably in character. Some are early medieval wayside or boundary crosses, roughly hewn from local stone and worn to near abstraction by centuries of weather. Others are more elaborately carved high crosses or cross slabs associated with ecclesiastical sites, occasionally bearing knotwork, figural carving, or inscriptions. Dunnamaggan itself has a long Christian history, with a medieval parish church dedicated to St Buach still partially standing in the village. Whether this cross is connected to that site, or occupies some other corner of the parish entirely, is the kind of detail that the surviving record has not yet made plain.