Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Shantraud, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shantraud
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80653, -8.43932
- SMR number
- CL045-033004-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Attached to the internal N wall of St Flannan’s Oratory (CL045-033003-). Two irregularly shaped fragments of a yellow sandstone cross-slab, discovered at St. Flannan’s well (CL045-033013-) in 1934. The upper fragment (H 0.67m; Wth 0.49m; T 0.1m) has the head of a double-lined incised wheeled cross with a squared centre and expanded rectangular terminals. The lower fragment (H 0.56m; Wth 0.45m; T 0.08-0.09m) has an incised double-lined tapering shaft and a tenon at the base. (Bradley et al. 1988, 102-3)
The following images have been uploaded:
CL045-033004-_01.jpg
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 10 January 2018
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H.A. 1988 Urban archaeological survey - county Clare. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross - High cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Cathedralunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.