Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Curragh (crannagh By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curragh (crannagh By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cross
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cross
- Coordinates
- 52.61360, -7.37254
- SMR number
- KK022-008----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This ‘small ancient cross' was identified in the 1850s and was described as being, 'evidently very old; the rubble work upon which its base is placed is modern, having been built by the country people, that by thus raising the cross it would look more important, as it is very small, and is called in Irish, 'Crois-gar,' or the little cross. The Rev. James Graves suggests that it may originally have been the gable cross of Ballycallan [medieval] church [KK018-072001-]' (Anon. 1854-5, 343-4). Holahan (1883, 88) describes the cross as being, 'about two feet [c. 0.6m] in height. Tranverse length of cross 19½ inches [c. 0.5m]. Thickness of arms, 7 inches [c. 0.18m]'. According to Crawford (1907, 238) this is, 'a plain cross, 18 inches [c. 46m] high; it appears to be modern'. Ballycallan church (KK018-072001-) lies c. 1km NE of the cross.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 17 May 2021
References
Holahan, Rev. J. 1883 Notes on the antiquities of the united parishes of Ballycallan, Kilmanagh and Killaloe. Transactions of the Ossory Archaeological Society 3, part 1, 81-122.
Crawford, H.S. 1907 A descriptive list of early Irish crosses. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 37, 187-239; 43, 151-69, 261-65, 326-34.
Anon. 1854-5 Proceedings and transcations. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 3, 129-206, 337-45.
Nearby in the register
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.