Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Unknown, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Unknown
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- GA110-176----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Recorded by Lionard (1961, 108, Fig. 8.3), who attributed it to ‘Aran Mór’, this roughly subrectangular cross-slab with a slightly rounded top bears a two-line Latin cross with opened-ended arms and top; the base is closed by a gently rounded line. A small circular area at the junction of the arms and shaft probably represents a sunken area (Higgins 1987, vol. II, 320, no. 46). It has not been located.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 10 May 2016
References
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.
Lionard, P. 1961 Early Irish grave-slabs. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 61C, 95-161.