Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Inishshark, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishshark
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.60500, -10.26643
- SMR number
- GA009D008001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · 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
In the SW quadrant of the burial ground (GA009D008----) located on a headland in the SE end of Inishshark. This finely carved cross acts as the headstone of a grave. It may be of medieval date (Kuijt and Lash 2017, 5, Figs. 9 and 11).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 30 March 2023
Kuijt, I. and Lash, R. 2017 Inishark cemetery survey and impact assessment. Inishark, county Galway, Ireland. Registration number - E001086 Inishark cemetery (GA009D008). Unpublished report for National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.