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Cross-inscribed stone

Gragan East, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross-inscribed stone, Gragan East, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Gragan East
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.08379, -9.17957
SMR number
CL005-203----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In reclaimed pasture in a bank of stone spoil against a field boundary flanking the N67. The monument is depicted as located c. 175m further N on Tim Robinson’s map of the Burren (1999) in an area marked Cnocán an Chrochaire and that may be its original location. A quartzite boulder (L 1.2m; Wth 0.8m; H 0.5m) with an apparent cross following the natural contours. The cross, which may be of natural origin, is formed by two ribs crossing at right angles. One is a plain rib (Wth 0.04-0.05m; H 0.03m, L 1m) while the rib in the other direction is flanked by a groove (Wth 0.06m; D 0.015m). A local informant noted that the cross marked the place where someone had been hanged. 

 

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell

 

Date of upload: 14 October 2025

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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