Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Inishkeen Island, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishkeen Island
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.43884, -8.16045
- SMR number
- LE002-023005-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the E end of Inishkeen island, c. 20m from the N shore and within the enclosure known as the Friars Garden (LE002-023003-) there is a stone slab (H 0.63m; Wth 0.25m; T 0.11m) with an incised cross (H 0.29m; Wth 0.16m) on the E face, which is set into a small stone cairn (dims. 5m x 3m; H 0.5m). There is the cut-stone base of a pillar (LE002-023006-) nearby.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 December, 2015
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.