Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Ballingarry (dunkellin By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballingarry (dunkellin By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stone Cross
- Coordinates
- 53.18157, -8.63519
- SMR number
- GA105-003----
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
Some 5m to the W of a holy well (GA105-003001-). This small, crudely hewn, equal-armed limestone cross (H 0.75m; T 0.12m; Wth across arms 0.4m) is set in the grassy sward. The arms and head have slightly expanded terminals. The N face bears the following inscription: ‘O BLESSED TRINITY HAVE MERCY ON US HOLY ANGELS PRAY FOR US [?]1734’. A medieval cross-slab (GA105-003002-) and a fragment of a window mullion (GA103-003003-) lie on the ground beside it. (SMR file; McCaffrey 1952, 253, no. 23a)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 15 November 2022
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.