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
- DG089-018022-
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
Described by Herity (1995, 99, 09) as follows: ‘On the north side of the oratory [DG089-018005-], a slab 50cm high by 22cm wide by 3cm thick stands in a small cairn of stones. A cross has been painted on one face. This may have been a station of the pilgrimage round.’ (Walsh 1983, 60, Slab ‘a’)
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.
Walsh, P. 1983 The monastic settlement on Rathlin O'Birne Island, County Donegal. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 113, 53-66.
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.