Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Inchagoill, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inchagoill
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48544, -9.31548
- SMR number
- GA040-013008-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This cross-slab is built into the W end of the S wall of the nave of ‘Templenaneeve’ (GA040-013004-). According to Higgins (1987, vol. II, 343, no. 68), the sides of the slab (Wth 1.1m; H 0.89m) are partly covered by mortar and its full extent is uncertain. It bears an elaborate three-line cross with semi-circular expansional terminals and a central roundel at the junction of the arms and shaft. The roundel and terminals are decorated with a key or fret pattern. Overall the design is a bit asymmetrical. This cross-slab is almost identical to one on High Island - see GA021-026039- (Scally 2014, 309, Pl. 10.3).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 1 February 2018
References
Higgins, J.G. 1987 The Early Christian cross slabs, pillar stones and related monuments of County Galway, Ireland, 2 vols. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 375. Oxford.
Scally, G. 2014 High Island (Ardoileán), Co. Galway: excavation of an early medieval monastery. Archaeological Monograph Series 10. Dublin. The Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.