Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Cashelgolan, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cashelgolan
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.84153, -8.39166
- SMR number
- DG065-011004-
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 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Kilmacanny Graveyard (DG065-011001-) consists of a subcircular mound (DG065-011002-) 17m in diameter and up to 2m in height. The mound undulates unevenly and its edge is difficult to determine in some places. There are a number of featureless grave-markers on the mound. One slab (DG065-011003-) on the W side of the mound has a small oval perforation (6.5cms × 4cms). In a ditch along a field boundary to the SE of the mound is a small cross-slab (DG065-011004-) 1.6m × 0.3m at the arms. On one face is a simple cross in relief at the centre of a broad cross-shaped groove. The site is located in a low-lying field with a wooded area to the S and W. To the E is pasture land and to the N the sea.
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.