Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab (present location)
Esker (athenry By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Esker (athenry By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.28104, -8.68443
- SMR number
- GA096-177002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Incorporated into the Stations of the Cross along a woodland walk in the grounds of St Patrick's Redemptorist Monastery (GA084-071001-) at Esker, Athenry. This cross-slab (H c. 0.55m; Wth c. 0.35m) is cemented into the surround of the 12th Station. It bears a faint cross - only the W half of the head and the terminals at the base are are barely visible. The cross is a ringed one of three lines and the left terminal is plain and straight ended. Two circular terminals are visible at the base. The slab, which is possibly of early medieval date, is reputed to have been taken from Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly to Esker at the turn of the 20th century (SMR file); see OF005-023698- for possible original location.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 17 February 2023
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Architectural featureunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.