Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Ceathrú An Lisín, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ceathrú An Lisín
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.08382, -9.59019
- SMR number
- GA119-081003-
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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 (H 0.68m; armspan Wth 0.43m) has been placed on the E end of a leacht (GA119-081002-), which lies immediately to the S of 'Templesaghtmacree' (GA119-081001-). It is cruciform in outline with a solid disc at the junction of its arms and shaft. A two-line Latin cross is incised on its E face. A break in the slab has been repaired with cement (Higgins 1987, vol. 2, 325, no. 51). (Gosling 1993, 92, no. 523)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 21 January 2016
This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 42.
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.
Gosling, P. (compiler) 1993 Archaeological inventory of County Galway, vol. 1: West Galway. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.