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Cross - Churchyard cross

Relagh Beg, County Cavan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross - Churchyard cross, Relagh Beg, County Cavan, 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
Relagh Beg
County
Cavan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.87195, -6.95058
SMR number
CV034-046003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (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

The heads of two churchyard crosses with disc-heads and fragments probably belonging to one of them, a Latin churchyard cross with an inscription, and a stone with an inscription are set in cement just S of the N nave wall. This sandstone solid-ring cross (H 0.54m; span 0.39m; T 0.14m) with stubby arms has a pyramid on top. A crucifixion with a cherub above is depicted on one side, and IHS is carved on the ends of the arms. The reverse has a recessed cross in a circle with a cherub above. The letter A is inscribed over the cherub and below the cross are the letters: AUIL. Two fragments from cross shafts are likely to have been part of this cross. One piece (dims 0.25m x 0.14m; H 0.43m) has a carving of a bishop on one side and a man with raised arms on the other. A second stone (dims 0.26m x 0.15m; H 0.25m) has the upper part of a person on one side with the inscription: PAT / GARGA / N MAD / E THIS / CROSS / E ANNO / D 1686 on one side and the letters: N / M / GA on another.

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The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of revision: 8 August 2018

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of amended upload: 19 March 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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