Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab (present location)
Raheen (athenry By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheen (athenry By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.30195, -8.76346
- SMR number
- GA084-151006-
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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
Macalister (1916-17, 151, no. 21, and plate XVI) recorded this cross-slab on the N wall of the chancel of St Caimin's Church (CL029-009011-), on Inis Cealtra (Holy Island), Co. Clare. He described it as being of 'Eight-century type' and it measured '1 foot 7 inches by 1 foot 1 inch by 3 inches [0.48m by 0.33m by 0.07m]. Within a circle of two lines, a cross formed of four arcs of circles, with interlacing at the intersection, was visible. The ends of the arcs terminated with a spiral treatment and within the cantons were triskeles of one line. When de Paor recorded the slab in the 1970s (SMR file), it was on the S wall of the nave of the church. It is currently in the OPW depot in Athenry, Co. Galway. See CL029-009032- for original location.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 16 February 2023
References
Macalister, R.A.S 1916-17 The history and antiquities of Inis Cealtra. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 33C, 93-174.
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.