Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Eoghanacht, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eoghanacht
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- GA110-023007-
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The National Monuments Service's description
This cross-slab once stood at the holy well 'Toberanspiritneeve' (GA110-023004-). An illustration by O’Donovan indicates that it was a small subrectangular cross-slab bearing a Latin cross with open ends. The upper terminal splayed slightly and the area at the junction of the arms and shaft was lozenge shaped (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 3, 392). The cross-slab is missing. (Waddell 1973, 23, no. 17; Higgins 1987, vol. 2, 333, no. 59)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 8 March 2016
References
Waddell, J. 1973 An archaeological survey of Temple Brecan, Aran. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 33, 5-27.
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.
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Kildare collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Bray.