Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - High cross
Cill éinne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill éinne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.10125, -9.65267
- SMR number
- GA119-020011-
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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
In the interior of Teaghlach Éinne (GA119-020001-). Three fragments of a limestone cross shaft (Wth 0.43m, T 0.23m, H 1.39m) cemented together against W gable. Visible decoration includes a figure on horseback and knotwork, probably representing the ring of the cross. Henry (1970, 136-8) suggests that two cross fragments near the village of Cill Éinne (GA119-006004-), together with these three, originally formed part of the same high cross. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 62)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
References
Henry, F. 1970 Irish art in the Romanesque period (1020-1170 A.D.). London. Methuen.
Killanin, M.M. and Duignan, M.V. 1967 (2nd ed.) The Shell guide to Ireland. London. The Ebury Press.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.