Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Reachlainn Uí Bhirn, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reachlainn Uí Bhirn
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.66381, -8.82553
- SMR number
- DG089-018021-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This fragment was found in 1992 lying loose on the drystone structure built against the north wall of the oratory (Herity 1995, 99, No. 08) who describes it as follows: ‘Fragment of a cross slab, maximum dimensions 20.7 by 12cm; 3.3cm in thickness. At one edge of the fragment a series of three parallel grooves mark the lines of one limb of a cross, the central groove expanding into a T-shape. This was clearly a slab with an elaborate cross-motif, the remains suggest probably the most sophisticated carving of all that survive on the island, with double-ribbon outline and at least one expanded terminal, all in false relief.’
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 2 February 2014
References
Herity, M. 1995 Two Island Hermitages in the Atlantic: Rathlin O'Birne, Donegal, and Caher Island, Mayo. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 125, 85-128.
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 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.