Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Kilcolgan, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcolgan
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.21107, -8.87739
- SMR number
- GA103-127001-
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
Located on a poorly preserved and overgrown altar (GA103-127----), this cross-inscribed rectangular slab (H 0.6m; Wth 0.9m; T 0.12m) is dated 1716. The Latin cross stands on a stepped Calvary base and the arms bear the monogram INRI. The following inscription is beneath the cross: 'PRAY IN/ HONOUR/ OF GOD/ AND THE/ SAINT/ 1716'. According to Bradley and Dunne (1992, 134), the slab was set into a socketed base.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 20 February 2020
References
Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1992b Urban archaeological survey - county Galway. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Altarunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.