Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
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
- GA119-020013-
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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
This cross-slab (H 0.7m; Wth 0.25m; T 0.2m) was found near the SE corner of Teaghlach Éinne (GA119-020001-), partly underlying a modern concrete grave surround (Manning 1985, 117). Both faces are decorated. One face bears a linear ringed Latin cross with a circular hollow at the top and a T-shaped terminal at the base. The arms project slightly beyond the ring. The other face bears a similar linear ringed cross with T-shaped terminals at the top and base. However, the arms do not extend beyond the ring (ibid. Fig. 25(a) Slab A). (See GA111-029001- for its present location; Higgins 1987, vol. 2, 408, no. 125)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 5 February 2016
References
Manning, C. 1985c Archaeological excavations at two church sites on Inishmore, Aran Islands. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 115, 96-120.
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.
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.