Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab (present location)
Cloghboy, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghboy
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.77928, -8.50368
- SMR number
- DG073-017----
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
A cross-inscribed slab probably broken but now .68m in length and 0.33m at one end and 0.15m at the other. It is up to .06m thick. It is decorated on both sides (I) A single Latin cross with T-bar terminals. (II) Three smaller Latin crosses two of which have T-bar terminals. It now lies in front of a private house but originally came from an unknown location in the townland of Newtownburke (DG073-043).
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
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.